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China and Central Europe: A love affair that was never meant to be?

Written by Tamás Matura

China has indeed made mistakes in its courtship of the region in the past decade. Together with CEE governments, it raised expectations it could not fulfil and followed a top-down approach targeting the elites of CEE societies instead of winning the hearts and minds of the people.

Faultlines9DLJuly 13, 20219dashline, China, EU, Europe, European Union, 16+1, 17+1, CEE, China and Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, Balkans, Berlin Wall, Hungary, Greece, South China Sea, Human Rights, World War Two, Xi Jinping, PRC, FDI, Lithuania, COVID, Covid19, COVID-19, US, Soft Power, 5G, Romania, Orban, Ponta, Zeman

Time to retire the ‘China threat’ debate

Written by Mariana Vieira

Because the ‘China threat’ debate is premised upon the American understanding of 1945 as year-zero of its own global hegemony, proponents struggle to grapple with the potential for different, past and future, conceptions of a global order.

East Asia9DLMay 4, 2021China, Cold War, American, China Threat, 1945, US, Europe, WWII, World War 2, World War Two, East Asia, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Asia, Treaty of Nanjing, Going Global 2.0, India