Policy paper “Potenciál Novej hodvábnej cesty pre Slovensko” sa zoberá vývojom čínskej inciativý Nová hodvábna cesta (angl. Bel and Road Initiative, BRI) a možnostiach, ktoré iniciatíva poskytuje pre Slovensko a rozvoj slovensko-čínskych vzťahov. Odporúčania pre Slovensko Čína a čínske iniciatívy BRI a 16+1 si vyžadujú špecifický prístup. Slovensko potrebuje vyvinúť väčšiu aktivitu ako doteraz, tá… Continue reading Potenciál Novej hodvábnej cesty pre Slovensko
On August 11, 2018 eighteen Chinese workers on a bus were approaching Dalbandin, city just 340 km away from the provincial capital Quetta, which has been repeatedly attacked by local terrorists. As they got closer to the site, workers from Saindak Copper Gold Mine, controlled by Chinese state-owned enterprise Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC), were… Continue reading China’s twofold CPEC strategy in Pakistan
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 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
