Despite the physical distance, China is increasingly attempting to project its power and influence policymaking in Central Europe. Even though a latecomer, it has managed to make considerable inroads into Central Europe in the past decade, especially since it initiated a platform of cooperation with Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries known as the 16+1.… Continue reading Oligarchs and Party Folks: Chinese Corrosive Capital in Slovakia and Czechia
Hungary under Viktor Orban has been the most China-friendly country in the EU in recent years. That might be about to change – drastically. Many observers were stunned to see pictures from Hungary of thousands of people marching in the streets, protesting the government plan to build an overseas campus of Fudan University in Budapest using taxpayer… Continue reading Hungarian Policy Toward China Might Be Facing a Seismic Shift
Pre Komunistickú stranu je dôležité zabrániť rýchlemu rastu cien. V prístupe čínskych politikov a technokratov k riešeniu ekonomických problémov sa odzrkadľujú nielen ideológie ako marxizmus-leninizmus či akademické ekonomické teórie z katedier ekonómie na Západe. Dôležitú úlohu často hrajú aj domáce skúsenosti, ktoré doplňujú ekonomické nástroje o špecificky čínsky rozmer, preto prívlastok „s čínskymi charakteristikami“ nie… Continue reading Komunisti našli na infláciu vlastný recept. Čo robí Čína inak ako Západ?
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The MapInfluenCE project published a brand-new comparative study, zooming in on media coverage of Chinese investment and Chinese involvement in 5G infrastructure in Czechia, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia. The research is a follow-up to the MapInfluenCE team’s 2018 study analyzing the overall media discourse on China in the V4 countries. Building upon the previous study, the… Continue reading Careful or Careless? Debating Chinese Investment and 5G Technology in Central Europe
