Trans-border exchange between Russia and China: The case of Blagoveshchensk and Heihe

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-364

  Ryzhova, Nataliya P ^a   Ioffe, Grigory ^b  

^a AMUR STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amur River; Blagoveshchensk; China; Contraband; Cross border trade; Free economic zones; Grey imports; Heihe; Heilongjiang Province; Illegal entrepreneurs; Illegal logging; Migrant labor; Russia; Suitcase trade

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RELATIONS; GOODS EXCHANGE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LOGGING (TIMBER); TIMBER TRADE; TRADE FLOW;

AMUR; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEILONGJIANG; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 67649962059     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.3.348     Document Type: Article

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