Jediné miesto v Číne, v ktorom si môžu občania slobodne pripomenúť výročie masakru na Námestí nebeského pokoja v Pekingu, je bývalá britská kolónia Hongkong. Miestni občania svoje právo pri príležitosti tridsiateho výročia s chuťou využili a do parku pomenovanom po kráľovnej Viktórii ich prišlo zapáliť sviečku rekordných 180 000. Hoci najviac miesta na tribúnach patrilo… Continue reading Boj o slobodu slova v Hongkongu: 180 000 ľudí si pripomenulo Pekinský masaker
Any connectivity project – especially, on the scale of the BRI – is likely to have unexpected results. The main unintended effect of the China-CEE “16+1 platform” has been the criticism from the EU. Multiple high-level summits, business meetings, and statements by representatives of the CEE countries and China seem to be framing a new… Continue reading The Unintended Effects of China’s Silk Roads in Central and Eastern Europe
Matej Šimalčík contributed with a chapter on Slovakia to a publication titled Comparative Analysis of the Approach towards China: V4+ and One Belt One Road. The publication has been prepared within the framework of the project Comparative Analysis of the Approach towards China: V4+ and One Belt One Road financed by the International Visegrad Fund… Continue reading V4+ and One Belt One Road
Not a surprising but all the more important victory. The re-election of incumbent Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo on April 17, 2019, is good news for Indonesia’s reformist discourse and maintaining at least some degree of religious pluralism in a country, where religion has become a highly politicized issue. Jokowi, as Indonesia’s Head of State is… Continue reading Jokowi’s not so surprising re-election: A victory for “moderate” Islamism in Indonesia?
The main aim of this article is to develop a discussion on folklorization or how identity is commodified and reduced to only some cultural traits. Currently, folklorization is one of the main devices in PRC’s cultural and political policies in Central Asia. Authors analyze folklorization both inter-state with a particular focus on Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan,… Continue reading Folklorized politics: how Chinese soft power works in Central Asia
