Ako sa dostala čínska vláda do konfliktu s miliardárom. Náhle zastavenie primárneho úpisu akcií firmy Ant Financial na hongkonskej burze a s ním spojené zmiznutie Jacka Ma z očí verejnosti vyvolalo otázniky o motiváciách čínskej vlády. Bližší pohľad naznačuje zápas medzi snahou regulátorov obmedziť nekontrolovateľný rast spotrebiteľských úverov a technologickým gigantom, ktorý chce zarobiť čo… Continue reading Gigantické pôžičky, tvrdý zásah štátu a veľký brat. Prečo zmizol Jack Ma?
A new report from a team of regional experts across Czechia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, which was published by CHOICE, summarizes the ongoing debates on Huawei’s involvement in each of their respective nations, thus formulating a mosaic of the region at-large. Our Executive Director Matej Šimalčík contributed to the paper with a… Continue reading Huawei in Central and Eastern Europe: Trends and Forecast
Despite the narrative about Central and Eastern European countries endangering EU unity on China, the hasty conclusion of an investment agreement with Beijing shows that the Franco-German alliance is a bigger obstacle to a united response to challenges posed by China. “Today, the EU and China concluded in principle negotiations on an investment agreement,” remarked… Continue reading China investment agreement and the golden calf of EU unity
In this paper, CEIAS authors aim to evaluate the current state of play of Slovakia’s relations with the three Northeast Asian democracies – South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. To this end, the publication focuses on three distinct aspects of mutual relations – political, economic, and people-to-people relations. While the analysis of relations focuses especially on… Continue reading Slovakia and the democracies of Northeast Asia: Partnerships rooted in values
In light of the recent developments in EU-Taiwan relations, as seen in the case of the 2020 EU-Taiwan Investment Forum, a roundtable on the EU-Taiwan Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) was held on Thursday, 17th December. The event organized by CEIAS facilitated a fruitful debate about the mutual benefits of a potential investment agreement between the… Continue reading EU-Taiwan Investment Relations: Towards a Bilateral Investment Agreement? (roundtable summary)
