The article answers how growing intensity of China-V4 relations in the period of 2010–2017 impacted the media discourse of China in Central Europe. While diplomatically speaking China and the Visegrad countries reached perhaps the most positive and intensive relations ever, the top-down impact on people’s perceptions is less clear. Media play an important role as… Continue reading Followers, Challengers, or By-Standers? Central European Media Responses to Intensification of Relations with China
Xi Jinping’s efforts to recentralize political power have triggered a debate over if these changes will destroy the “authoritarian responsiveness” in China credited with regime durability. This review essay assesses “responsiveness” based on empirical research on three types of mechanisms through which the Hu-Wen administration interacted with citizens – within official settings (e.g. responding through… Continue reading Responsive Authoritarianism in China
This policy paper by CEIAS researchers aims to explore the possibilities of the multilateral approach towards China within the V4 (V4+China). The first chapter presents an overview of the trade and investment relationship between the V4 countries and China. In the second chapter, we discuss the form and achievements of the V4+Japan and V4+South Korea… Continue reading Prospects for Developing the V4+China Cooperation Platform
Research paper by Martin Šebeňa aims to provide a comparative analysis of the progress of the internationalization of the Chinese yuan (also known as renminbi or RMB) in the Visegrád countries, namely in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. This paper attempts to distinguish between individual agents that are involved in the pursuit of decision making… Continue reading Agent Level Analysis of RMB Internationalization in the Visegrád Countries
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
