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| Russia Sending A Message To China? |
| 2009-07-17 |
| China has called on Russia not to overreact in its clampdown on a Moscow bazaar, home to tens of thousands of Chinese traders and well-known for its thriving contraband trade. The unexpected shutdown of the sprawling Cherkizovsky Market in the Russian capital last month has caused "enormous economic losses" to Chinese traders there, the commerce ministry said in a statement posted on its website. "The Chinese side pays deep attention to this and... urges the Russian side to handle the issue with discretion," said ministry spokesman Yao Jian in the statement. The statement urged Russian authorities to protect the legal rights of Chinese firms "particularly their safety and property security", but added that it supported all efforts to clamp down on illegal smuggling. China also pointed out that an historical tax loophole that traders exploited to import goods more easily into Russia was also a problem, but solving it would take time. "(China) hopes relevant Russian authorities and the Moscow city government take into account the historic factors... avoid overreacting, and solve the problem via a friendly negotiation and in a gradual manner," Yao said. The Cherkizovsky Market, where traders from China and Central Asia sell their goods out of shipping containers and from open-air stalls, was closed June 30 for sanitary violations on a temporary basis. The closure came after reports said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was annoyed by recent extravagance shown by Cherkizovsky's multimillionaire owner Telman Ismailov. Russian officials have said it was likely to be shut for good this year. Nearly 80,000 Chinese merchants trade at the market and the crackdown will force many out of business, earlier Chinese state media reports said, quoting experts warning the row could stymie Chinese investment in Russia. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #4 MORE ION CHINA > BHARAT RAKSHAK [India] > INDIA: CHINA-PAKISTAN "BOUNDARY AGREEMENT" [PK-occupied Kashmir] IS ILLEGAL; + CHINA: SHOT UIGHURS CALLED FOR HOLY WAR [Jihad]. BR POSTER > NIGERIANS = AFRICAN WORKERS in Chin city of GUANGZHOU are protesting azg alleged anti-African/Nigerian incidents and other beahviors by lcoal police. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-07-17 22:02 |
| #3 ION CHINA, WAFF > ASIA NEWS > AL QAEDA AGZ BEIJING AND KADEER AS CHINA ASKS FOR UNDERSTANDING IN THE MUSLIM WORLD + MUSLIM RADICALS AT IT AGAIN IN JAKARTA [ bomb attacks kill six] + NO LONGER ONLY BUDDHIST MONKS, MILITANT ISLAM PENETRATING INTO THAILAND [ desire Regional-Local AUtnonomy = integration wid Muslim Malaya]. Also, PAKISTAN DEFENCE FORUMS > WAR FOR GWADAR [ China vz-India]. INDIA fears CHIN STRATEGIC DENIAL = ENCIRCLEMENT VEE MYANMAR, TIBET, + PAKISTAN + "STRING OF PEARLS" MILPOL STRATEGY; + WATER THEFT BY INDIA POSES EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO PAKISTAN. INDIA steadily "drying up" = new water usage restrictions and regional dam projects, etc. ordered by New Delhi beginning to seriously affect Pakistan. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-07-17 20:20 |
| #2 as is the amount of taxes these Chinese merchants aren't paying to Moscow. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-07-17 19:45 |
| #1 80,000 merchants, the place must be huge. |
| Posted by: Phil_B 2009-07-17 19:14 |