Research Fellow
Sebestyén Hompot is a Researcher at the Prague University of Economics and Business (VSE) in the Horizon EU Project "European Hub for Contemporary China" (EuroHub4Sino), focusing on "China's multilateral institutions/frameworks, and global governance". He received his Ph.D. in Chinese Studies at the University of Vienna (Austria) in 2023 with a dissertation focusing on the intersections of historiography in mainland China and the Chinese government's Belt & Road cultural diplomacy. Born and raised in Hungary and having studied in China, Belgium, and Austria throughout the last decade, Hompot's main research interests include China-EU relations, strategic narratives, media influence, and the increasingly close ties between Budapest and Beijing.
Written Articles
Chinese Media Watch: Premier Li Qiang visits Moscow and Minsk; state media praises progress in building a pro-Beijing club on the EU’s eastern borders
Chinese Media Watch: Kuleba’s China trip seen as turning point, Ukraine expected to embrace China’s “peace plan”
Chinese Media Watch: Reactions to the EU’s EV Tariffs Discredit Subsidy Probes, Amplify Anti-Tariff Voices of Chinese and European Stakeholders
Chinese Media Watch: Having It Both Ways – Xi Jinping On Charm Offensive in Europe Shortly Before Welcoming Putin in Beijing
Chinese Media Watch: After Hsiao Bi-khim’s Europe Trip, State Media Warns Czechia, Bloggers Target DPP “Secessionists” and European “Anti-China Cliques”
Chinese Media Watch: NATO’s Nordic Expansion Will Make Europe Less Safe, China’s State Media Tells Us
Chinese Media Watch: The Red Sea Conflict in China’s State Media – Blaming the West for Everything as Top Priority