The visit met with harsh rhetoric from Chinese officials. Beijing’s responses to European countries in previous cases offer possible scenarios for how China might react. When the president of the Czech Senate, Milos Vystrcil, led a delegation of senators and businesspeople to Taiwan for meetings with the top echelons of Taiwanese politics, his action was… Continue reading How Will China Respond to the Czech Senate President’s Visit to Taiwan?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are witnessing a surge of nationalism throughout an ostensibly globalized world. In this article, we focus on the “narrative battle” over COVID-19 that has escalated between two competing major powers – China and the US. Guided by a cultural sociological approach, we reveal the meaning-making processes behind the narrative battle… Continue reading The Politics of Blaming: the Narrative Battle between China and the US over COVID-19
Welcome to the 8th issue of the #CEEasia Briefing. In this issue, we dissect the following topics: Pompeo tours CEE with “Clean Networks” proposal Mask diplomacy still going on South Korea and Japan eye Czech nuclear project India’s “gateway to Europe” Do you need to know more about East Asia? Don’t hesitate to shoot us… Continue reading CEEasia Briefing #8: “Clean Networks” proposal, Mask diplomacy, South Korea and Japan eye Czech nuclear project, India’s “gateway to Europe”
A new policy paper based on research undertaken by the MapInfluenCE project reveals the evolving nature of Chinese propaganda, both overt and covert, in Central Europe. Bolstered by collaborative research across the Visegrad nations, ongoing shifts in propaganda strategy are revealed in the paper, with cyberspace becoming the battlefield of choice more and more often.… Continue reading China’s propaganda and disinformation campaigns in Central Europe
Šinzó Abe končí vo funkcii japonského premiéra. Dôvodom sú zdravotné problémy, o ktorých sa špekulovalo už od júla, keď údajne vracal krv. Úrad vlády však vtedy tieto informácie dementoval a Abeho zdravotný stav označil za „absolútne bezproblémový“. Špekulácie však po opakovaných lekárskych vyšetreniach pokračovali a v piatok japonské verejnoprávne médium NHK prinieslo informáciu o tom, že Abe odstupuje. Premiér to neskôr potvrdil… Continue reading Abe končí ako japonský premiér. Ostanú po ňom dôležité dohody aj nenaplnené sľuby
