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
Kroky Berlína a Paríža vyvolávajú obavy o budúcnosť spoločnej politiky k Číne. Inštitúcie Európskej únie zverejnili 9. októbra správu o kybernetickej bezpečnosti siete piatej generácie (5G), v ktorej varovali členské štáty pred použitím sieťových komponentov od pochybných dodávateľov s napojením na vlády nečlenských štátov, ktoré môžu zneužiť svoje postavenie a vyvíjať tlak na dodávateľa, v… Continue reading Kto rozbíja európsku jednotu proti Číne?
The following text is a summary of an international conference held by CEIAS in Bratislava in October 2019. The public event was attended mostly by representatives of ministries and state bodies, experts from universities and think tanks. The summary presents an interpretation of the presentations and discussions from the perspective of the CEIAS. China is… Continue reading China in the Eyes of European Politicians (event summary)
The Prague city government lead by Zdeněk Hřib decided to terminate a sister city agreement with Beijing earlier this month, which according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry “seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people”. Consequently, Beijing Municipality Office declared, that the sister partnership with the Czech capital had been terminated with immediate effect and… Continue reading Chinese netizens call for retaliation after Prague cancels an agreement with Beijing
Since 2017, the political conflict in Catalonia has been a recurrent topic in European politics. Although Catalonia is located at the opposite end of Eurasia, China has also been paying attention to the independence movement, expressing support for Spain’s territorial integrity. At the same time, Catalan pro-independence parties have begun to be interested in China,… Continue reading China and the independence of Catalonia
