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Now that the EU will host its first Global Gateway summit, it must learn from the Belt and Road Forum’s mistakes… The BRF should have improved the BRI’s damaged image, but it has ended up a venue for illiberal leaders and China’s friends. thediplomat.com/2023/10/from-a…

The EU had its first summit for the Global Gateway infrastructure project. Can it become an alternative to China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative? Report by Reid Standish rferl.org/a/eu-china-bel…

My thoughts about the BRI for ChinaObservers: the BRI is mainly a branding strategy for China’s foreign policy and its most important consequence was to determine G7 countries to come up with similar initiatives like Global Gateway, PGII or IMEC.

Fourth dispatch from my trip to the Balkans in May. This one for Global Taiwan Inst. is perhaps the most comprehensive. Crazy amount of time and energy went into this; pleased with the result: Andreea Brinza Catalin Tenita🇷🇴 Matei Rosca 蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) globaltaiwan.org/2024/01/the-ro…

My colleague Andrei Lungu wrote a very interesting article about the lack of Chinese women in politics, for South China Morning Post. scmp.com/comment/opinio…

It was a great honor and pleasure to coordinate this amazing team of authors: Richard Turcsanyi, John Seaman, @UCerenkova, Philippe Le Corre, Stefan Vladisavljev, resulting in this interesting study on #EU-#China relations, commissioned by the European Parliament. europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/d…

It was a great pleasure to present the report with you, Richard!

For the first time our network (and many of it members) are in Vilnius! Very interesting exchanges again on EU-China relations from the different national perspectives. Thanks to Konstantinas Andrijauskas and Vilnius University for hosting us.

My colleague Andrei Lungu argued in Foreign Policy that it might be a mistake for the #US to ban #TikTok before elections. foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/06/was…

My colleague Andrei Lungu argued in Foreign Policy that it might be a mistake for the #US to ban #TikTok before elections. foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/06/was…

If you still have the report “De-risking or de-coupling − the future of the EU strategy towards China” in your reading list, here is one of the arguments presented in the report: the EU lacks a comprehensive long-term China strategy. Thanks Trans European Policy Studies Association for publishing it!

📣 Coming soon... The new ETNC report will be released Friday morning!

I am so happy to share the latest ETNC report. It is about how de-risking is perceived in 21 #EU members states + the #UK and it was expertly coordinated by the Swedish National China Centre

🇷🇴Romanian MP Cătălin Teniță’s presence at the #IPAC summit in #Taiwan has drawn notable attention, especially after the Chinese Embassy demanded control over his actions. What will Romania’s next steps be? Read more in our new article by Andreea Leonte. chinaobservers.eu/romanias-strat…

My colleague Andrei Lungu wrote a very interesting article about #China’s lack of younger leaders for Nikkei Asia. asia.nikkei.com/content/27f00a…

The shocking events unfolding in South Korea can be a tragic lesson for Romania for this week’s presidential elections. This happens when you have a dictatorial-prone president who puts his interests above anything else