China has claimed that the balloon that flew over North America for more than a week before being shot down over the Atlantic was a civilian object used “for scientific research.” However, after the US Navy recovered the balloon’s debris from the ocean, American officials underlined that it had indeed been designed for spying. China… Continue reading Chinese Media Watch: Washington’s reaction to the Balloon Incident – an overreaction or a calculated anti-China move?
In early June 2022, Slovak parliamentarians visited Taiwan. Chinese media did not hesitate to comment. As the frequency of bilateral visits between Slovakia and Taiwan has increased, Slovakia has gradually gained a reputation in the Chinese media as a “troublemaker country” . To diminish the importance of the most recent visit by a Slovakian delegation… Continue reading Chinese Media Watch: Slovak delegation flew more than 8,000 kilometers to humiliate Taiwan
In July, the EU-China relations have undergone the annual flurry of summitry. First, on July 6-7 the meeting of the leaders of the members of the 16+1 cooperation mechanism grouping China and 16 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. This was the seventh 16+1 summit. It was followed by the… Continue reading Chinese Media Watch: 16+1 & EU-China Summit
The consecutive meetings of Slovak president Andrej Kiska and Czech politicians with the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama have caused quite an upstir in both countries, and continue to reverberate through the political and media environment. In Slovakia, Prime Minister Róbert Fico has directly criticized the decision of president Kiska to meet with the Tibetan… Continue reading Chinese Media Watch: Dalai Lama visits Central Europe
This policy paper by Runya T. Qiaoan analyses the Chinese media reporting on the Czech Republic. The first section offers a comprehensive qualitative analysis of the recent Chinese media reaction to the Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit to the Czech Republic. The second part looks at the position of the Czech Republic in the Chinese… Continue reading Chinese media coverage of the Czech Republic and Xi’s visit in Prague
