It has been six years since PSY’s hit Gangnam Style was released in 2012 and it almost immediately caught attention of the world, hitting one billion views on YouTube as the first video in history of the platform. Many other Korean artists were also gaining popularity outside of South Korea, including 2NE1, Super Junior, BigBang,… Continue reading K-POP as a global phenomenon. Why China fails to achieve similar success?
What to watch for as the premiers of China and Central and Eastern European countries gather in Sofia.
The policy paper by Martin Šebeňa looks into trade and investment relations of China and V4 countries. A Central European manufacturing nexus has emerged in the past three decades, encompassing Germany, Austria and the four Visegrád countries. In this regard, a scrutiny of trade statistics based on value-added methodology indicates a significant increase in exposure of V4… Continue reading Chinese Trade and Investment in the Visegrad Countries: Mapping Increased Exposure and Volatility
The policy paper by Matej Šimalčík analyzes Slovak policy towards China. With the passing of the Conception of developing the economic relations between Slovak Republic and People’s Republic of China 2017-2020, Slovakia aims to improve its relations with China. At the same time, Slovakia did not pay such high attention to the 16 + 1 forum in the… Continue reading Multilateralism as a tool in Slovak China policy: The case of 16+1, V4+China, and EU+China
ChinfluenCE authors Matej Šimalčík (IAS) and Ivana Karásková (AMO) published briefing paper summarizing views and comments of participants of the closed roundtable held on April 20, 2018, in Bratislava, Slovakia. The event was constituted of Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Serbian and Slovak NGO practitioners, academics, business analysts, journalists and politicians whose aim was to discuss… Continue reading ChinfluenCE Roundtable: The Extent and Kind of China’s Influence in Central Europe
