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SCOOP - #XiJinping purges #2 PLA general #HeWeidong, Central Military Commission vice-chair & Politburo member #USChinaScoop on.ft.com/3R9VTl5

Bolo nám cťou hostiť recepciu pre účastníkov konferencie CEEasia Forum 2025, ktorá sa v týchto dňoch koná v Bratislave a zameriava sa na úlohu strednej a východnej európy v európsko-ázijských vzťahoch. 🌏 (1/2)

China to lift sanctions on MEPs today "European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will break the news to political group leaders during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, said the official" politico.eu/article/china-…

Big thanks to Martin Sebena (live from 🇰🇷),Matej Šimalčík, Filip Šebok (CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies), and our colleague Zuzana Krulichova 🇪🇺 for their thoughtful contributions, and to Žiga Faktor for organizing and moderating the event!🙏

NEW from me: China's CO2 emissions fell ~1.6% in the first quarter and have now been flat or down for more than a year. This is the first time on record that emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand.

🇹🇼👥 Matej Šimalčík & Adam Kalivoda represented CEIAS at the 2025 CAPRI Annual Forum, which focused on navigating the challenges of #innovation & #resilience. 💬 “There are only a few other places where the topic has bigger urgency than in #Taiwan,” said our Executive Director.

The speaker of the Slovak Parliament is visiting China, continuing the high intensity of Slovak-China official contacts under the Fico government. Fico also recently met with Xi Jinping during victory day celebrations in Moscow. english.news.cn/20250519/7255d…

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Slovak President P. Pellegrini to visit China on an official visit in September, continuing the high frequency of high-level Slovakia-China interactions. Source: Speaker of SK parliament, R. Raši

This month, Orban's Hungary made clear that it would not choose Trump's America over China Really interesting poll here from CEIAS showing that just 16.9% of Hungarians want the EU to choose China over the US, compared to 53.1% who want to choose the US. ceias.eu/central-europe…

Very strong, and I believe unprecedented, statement from the Czech MFA on cyberattacks from 🇨🇳, accusing 🇨🇳 of undermining Czech democracy and interfering in its society. Also an impressive stratcom excercise in a coordinated messaging of the 🇨🇿 gov,🇪🇺, NATO, and key allies.

1/3 Eurobarometer, Komisia, jar 2025; áno v % 1. prijímanie UA utečencov EÚ (priemer): 80 | SR: 83 | ČR: 53 2. humanitárna pomoc UA: EÚ: 76 | SR: 77 | ČR: 59 2. vojenské dodávky pre UA EÚ: 59 | SR: 46 | ČR: 37 3. UA ako kandidátska krajina EÚ EÚ: 60 | SR: 52 | ČR: 31

In May, CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies together w/ Keough School of Global Affairs, & Univerzita Palackého organized a policy workshop in Prague focusing on how smaller countries engage w/ 🇨🇳. 💡The workshops brought together diplomats, policymakers, think tankers, academics & journalists. 🙏 Thanks to all who participated!

Listening to President Macron’s keynote address at the Shangri La Dialogue, five striking points #SLD25

🎙️ Filip Šebok, vedúci našej pražskej kancelárie, bol hosťom u českého youtubera Martin Mikyska. Rozobrali spolu množstvo pálčivých tém o 🇨🇳 – od vnútropolitickej situácie v Číne, cez jej globálne ambície, až po konkrétne formy čínskeho vplyvu v Česku. 👇youtube.com/watch?v=BKN1a0…

V utorok sme v Singapure zorganizovali networkingový event pre miestnych Slovákov. Singapur má najväčšiu komunitu Slovákov v Ázii (brané ako mesto, nie krajina), ktorí sú zároveň neuveriteľne kvalifikovaní: každý tretí človek v miestnosti mal doktorát z top univerzity!

The government of Slovakia has approved a new regulation to grant national visas to select groups of Chinese nationals linked to strategic investment projects. spectator.sme.sk/business/c/ski…

This week, Filip Šebok & Kara Němečková presented results 📊 from a project mapping 🇨🇳 China-related narratives on key social media in V4 countries. They shared results from large-scale opinion polls conducted in the four countries in cooperation with NMS Market Research Czech at the British Embassy Prague.

❗Project Event❗ On 26 June, we held a #CHIPDIPLO event on “Strategic Autonomy or Strategic Indispensability? Identifying the EU’s Semiconductor Lodestar”, CSDS led the first such dialogue in partnership with EU Institute for Security Studies & Brainport Eindhoven. More info🔸 csds.vub.be/event/strategi…

Codasip je na prodej. Český výrobce procesorů a konkurent ARM má strategický význam pro Evropu. Celý článek od Jan Sedlák 👉 e15.cz/byznys/cesky-c…