Category: Chinese Media Watch

In mid-February, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland, cautioning European allies against cooperation with China and Russia, as well as relying on Huawei technology in 5G networks and other critical infrastructure. In the latest issue of the Chinese Media Watch, authors Runya T. Qiaoan and Matej Šimalčík analyze the discourse… Continue reading Chinese Media Watch: Pompeo’s United Front against Huawei?

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