China Greece in the “16+1” format? Reading the Sino-CEE tea leaves April 9, 2019 1 Written by Bartosz Kowalski. Prior to the upcoming EU-China summit in Brussels, the attention of observers has primarily been caught by the official inclusion of…
China China’s initiatives in emerging Europe August 31, 2018 1 Written by Sarmiza Pencea. Since its reform and opening up forty years ago, China has developed tremendously, advancing from poverty to wealth, from weakness to…
Belt and Road Initiative Central Europe-China (16+1) Co-operation: More Politics than Economics August 30, 2018 0 Written by Justyna Szczudlik. The Sofia summit in July marked six years of co-operation between China and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), known as the…
China Positioning Central and Eastern Europe for Chinese investors? Qualitative characteristics of Chinese investments in CEE August 29, 2018 0 Written by Ágnes Szunomár. The change of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries from centrally planned to market economy resulted in increasing flows of foreign…
Belt and Road Initiative China’s impact in Central and Eastern Europe: how much is 16+1? August 29, 2018 0 Written by Jeremy Garlick. Since the introduction of the ‘16+1’ annual forum for meetings between the heads of state of China and sixteen Central and…
China Pitfalls of Slovakia’s Chinese dreams August 28, 2018 1 Written by Richard Q. Turcsányi & Matej Šimalčík. After his 2007 visit of China, Slovakia’s then Prime Minister Fico returned with a notion of China…
Belt and Road Initiative Central and Eastern Europe as a part of China’s Global South narrative August 27, 2018 1 Written by Bartosz Kowalski. In the immediate period after 1989, Central and Eastern Europe embarked on the path of transition from socialism to democracy, and…
Belt and Road Initiative OBOR’s Older Brother: Lessons learned from the China-CEE 16+1 Platform July 19, 2017 2 Written by Richard Q. Turcsanyi. The Belt and Road Initiative (still commonly abbreviated as OBOR – One Belt, One Road) is undoubtedly one of the…