The European Union (EU) and the Republic of Korea (ROK, also South Korea) are important strategic and economic partners, and they share similar values stemming from their liberal-democratic systems. As democracies, both sides must consider public opinion as the final arbiter of public policies – and for both of them, China has become a hot… Continue reading Coping with China: Public attitudes in South Korea and Europe as the basis for the effective policy collaboration
Opatrenia pre cestujúcich z Číny sú vedené viac politickými než epidemiologickými cieľmi. Rok 2023 v čínsko-európskych vzťahoch sa začína silným pocitom déjà vu. Viaceré európske krajiny zaviedli covidové opatrenia pre cestujúcich z Číny a niektoré ďalšie podobné opatrenia zvažujú. Podobné opatrenia sa zavádzali vo februári 2020, keď dávali zmysel, pretože sa o ochorení covid-19 veľa… Continue reading Testovanie Číňanov je nezmysel
This article benefited from research assistance by Patryk Szczotka. Poland, being a relatively big country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), has over 400 higher education institutions, both public and private. For the purpose of this study, 121 major public universities and research institutions affiliated to the Polish Academy of Sciences have been identified, including… Continue reading Poland: Extensive ties, little results
A brand new MapInfluenCE analysis by a team of researchers based in both Czechia and Slovakia, with contributions by CEIAS experts Matej Šimalčík and Barbara Kelemen, examines China-related narratives on five specific topics (5G, Chinese investment, Hong Kong protests, Xinjiang, and Taiwan) in the ‘alternative media’ in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The paper focuses… Continue reading From East with Love: Dissecting Pro-China Bias in Czech and Slovak Alternative Media
And will China win? In November, the small Baltic state of Lithuania put itself in Beijing’s line of attack. It quit the China-led “17+1” forum and announced that Taiwan’s de-facto embassy in Vilnius would be renamed the “Taiwanese representative office”, dropping the customary reference only to Taipei. Beijing opposes any international mention of Taiwan. It… Continue reading CEIAS CONSIDERS: Is China winning its trade war on Lithuania?
