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Chinese Media Watch: Israel-Palestine conflict: Let’s make peace in a decades-long conflict – China again in the position of a peace-seeking superpower

The deadly attack on Israel on October 7th by the Hamas militant group sent shockwaves through the international community and with the decades-old Israel-Palestine conflict erupting into active warfare, global leaders have been forced to reassess their positions. Among those, China, with its expanding global footprint, finds itself in a challenging position. In recent years,… Continue reading Chinese Media Watch: Israel-Palestine conflict: Let’s make peace in a decades-long conflict – China again in the position of a peace-seeking superpower

Taiwan’s quasi-diplomatic interactions with Europe: representative offices

Taiwan enjoys formal diplomatic relations with only a handful of countries, a result of China imposing its one-China policy on its bilateral relations. Taiwan’s diplomatic allies are all small and relatively weak countries; the Holy See (Vatican) is its only official diplomatic ally in Europe. However, this does not mean that Taiwan’s foreign policy is… Continue reading Taiwan’s quasi-diplomatic interactions with Europe: representative offices

Chinese Media Watch: Decoupling or De-Risking? China’s State Media Sees Little Difference

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

The EU-China Summit And The Future of EU-Taiwan Relations: Reconstructing the Normative Agenda

A few days prior to this year’s EU-China summit, the Financial Times published an opinion piece by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Secretary-General of NATO, calling for the Union’s stronger support for Taiwan. The article singles out security considerations as the main reason for such a principled stance, which the author acknowledges has been taken up by only… Continue reading The EU-China Summit And The Future of EU-Taiwan Relations: Reconstructing the Normative Agenda

CEEasia Briefing #47: Chinese EV battery plant in Slovakia, Finland and Estonia’s probe into damaged Baltic Sea cables and role of China, North Korea-Russia military cooperation, Indonesia’s presidential front-runner criticizes the EU

Welcome to the 47th issue of the CEEasia Briefing. In this issue, we dissect the following topics: Chinese EV battery plant in Slovakia Finland and Estonia’s probe into damaged Baltic Sea cables and role of China North Korea-Russia military cooperation Indonesia’s presidential front-runner criticizes the EU If you like what you see, please forward this message to your… Continue reading CEEasia Briefing #47: Chinese EV battery plant in Slovakia, Finland and Estonia’s probe into damaged Baltic Sea cables and role of China, North Korea-Russia military cooperation, Indonesia’s presidential front-runner criticizes the EU

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