Since early 2023, “de-risking” has become the key concept of the EU’s approach to relations with Beijing. The term has been promoted as an alternative to “decoupling”, which would mean an all-out disengagement from relations with China and which has never been seen as realistic or desirable by the mainstream of EU policymakers. Meanwhile, Chinese… Continue reading Chinese Media Watch: Decoupling or De-Risking? China’s State Media Sees Little Difference
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
