China–Finland relations
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Finnish-Chinese relations are the foreign relations between Finland and China.
History
Along with
Later that same year, an economic department headed by Olavi J. Mattila was opened at the embassy to foster the development of trade relations. As a consequence, Finland became the first capitalist country to sign a bilateral trade agreement with the People's Republic of China in 1953.[1]
These steps, as well as Finland's staunch support for
Human rights
Hong Kong national security law
In June 2020, Finland openly opposed the Hong Kong national security law.[2]
Trade
Finland and China have had an agreement on economic, industrial, scientific and technological co-operation since 1973, and the agreement was last revised in 2005.
One of the fastest growing areas of trade between the two countries is in environmental protection and information technology.[3]
Spying in Finland
China and Russia are suspected of large-scale spying of the IT networks at the
In March 2024, Finnish police stated that China's
See also
- Foreign relations of China
- Foreign relations of Finland
- China–European Union relations
- Chinese people in Finland
References
- ^ Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. 30 June 2011. Archivedfrom the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ Lawler, Dave (2 July 2020). "The 53 countries supporting China's crackdown on Hong Kong". Axios. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ [1] Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ MTV3: Large-scale network spying uncovered at MFA Archived 16 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine YLE 31.10.2013
- BleepingComputer. 26 March 2024. Archivedfrom the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.