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Home » Russian sanctions have disrupted travel and trade links, destabilizing Finland’s once-warm relations with China.
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Russian sanctions have disrupted travel and trade links, destabilizing Finland’s once-warm relations with China.

i2wtcBy i2wtcJuly 13, 2024No Comments4 Mins Read
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Finland was once a major transportation hub connecting China and Europe. Transportation blockade The consul general said the country is at odds with Russia over the war in Ukraine, a problem made worse by the fact that Finns are not granted the visa-free access to China that many on the continent currently enjoy.

Consul General Timo Kantola told the Post that before the war, Finland held a unique position among European countries because it was possible to fly across Russia to China in nine hours on certain routes. Flights from China to other parts of Northern Europe often took longer or required transfers, making Finland the obvious choice for tourist and business travel.

Kantola said the number of Finnair’s direct flights to China has been reduced since the Russia-Ukraine conflict escalated in 2022 and Finland joined the European Union’s united front against Russia. Away from Russian airspace He said new flight routes had been set up over Turkey to comply with the sanctions, adding about three hours to each leg of the flight to China.

“The closure of Russian airspace was a big change for Finnair and the airline has clearly had to adapt to it,” he said.

The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou and Helsinki launched four weekly direct flights in 2020, but the old route between Helsinki and Shanghai has lost 9% of scheduled traffic since 2019. Routes from Helsinki to six other Chinese cities have been suspended, according to data from consultancy Cirium.

“Helsinki’s advantage, with its geographic location and quick route through Russian airspace, used to attract a large volume of travellers from Northern Europe,” said John Grant, a senior analyst at British aviation data firm OAG. Finnair, he said, “saw a significant drop in demand” as a result, with longer flight times and higher airfares.

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At the same time, Finland The list of countries continues to grow Countries that are allowed 15-day visa-free stays in China. Since the first members were announced, 11 European countries have joined the group. 9 months agoChinese statistics show visitor numbers from these regions have surged this year.

Meanwhile, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Finland has fallen from a peak of more than 40,000 per month in the second half of 2019 to a monthly peak of about 12,000 last year, according to the Bank of Finland’s Institute for Emerging Economies.

Kantola added that the suspension of Finland’s rail services to and from Russia “effectively cut off the rail connection from China to Finland.” He said rail freight traffic was “growing rapidly” in the years before the Ukraine war.

Trains from Finland previously traveled across Finland’s 1,340-kilometer (832-mile) border with Russia to St. Petersburg, from where passengers could travel on to China.

“Finland opposes Russia’s actions in Ukraine, which is in line with the EU’s common position, and has therefore taken the decision to avoid Russian airspace and ban tourism from Russia,” Kantola said.

Overall trade Trade between China and Finland was $2.6 billion in the first five months of this year, down from $3.3 billion in the same period in 2023, according to Chinese customs data. China is Finland’s fifth-largest export market.

In another move that could influence China, Kantola said Finland and Estonia this year shelved plans for a 80-kilometer rail tunnel from the Estonian capital, Tallinn, to Helsinki.

China Showed interest in the project The tunnel is seen as a possible addition to the Belt and Road Initiative, an 11-year long effort to facilitate Eurasian trade, but Finnish officials are concerned about the cost. It would connect Finland with parts of Eastern Europe where China is already improving its rail systems.

“For a variety of reasons, I don’t think this project will go ahead,” Kantola said. “From the beginning, there was hesitation about the idea in Finland due to the expected high construction costs and low return on investment.”

In terms of overseas investment, Kantola said Chinese companies have expressed interest in two lithium EV battery production plants in Finland.

China-based CNGR Advanced Metals is backing the project, which would operate off the Gulf of Finland. The proposal has raised concerns in the country about water pollution, but those concerns are not directed at China, he said, adding that Finnish officials and people are “positive” about Chinese participation in the two plants.



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