And while China is succeeding in dividing Europe, its relations with Russia is as strong as ever. nytimes.com/2025/05/07/wor…

Mr. Xi is trying to strike a “risky diplomatic balance,” hoping that he can exploit divisions in Europe between those who view 🇨🇳 as a threat, and those that view it as a vital business partner. - Alicja Bachulska comments on Xi's visit to Russia in The New York Times. buff.ly/sho0kNA

📉 "Just doing things faster, cheaper and better isn't enough to compete with a state capitalist economy of China," says Janka Oertel in our special Voice for CHOICE episode in cooperation with ECFR Asia and OSW – Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland! 🇨🇳 Tune in here 🎧 chinaobservers.eu/discussing-chi…

Bardzo dziękuję Jakub Kumoch 古天卫 za zaproszenie i możliwość podzielenia się efektami pracy ECFR, była to wyjątkowa okazja do powrotu do Chin i wymiany spostrzeżeń na temat relacji Chin z Europą oraz Polski z Chinami.

Skorzystam z tego wyjątkowego dnia, gdy sprawy 🇨🇳 łatwiej się przebiją, by wydać apel: zacznijmy podmiotowo patrzeć na to, jak chińska ekspansja przemysłowa wpływa na 🇵🇱 gospodarkę. I skupmy się na sektorze motoryzacji, gdzie trwa "podwójna rewolucja" #notka na weekend👇 W

The biggest annual event organised by ECFR - our Annual Council Meeting - is brought to Warsaw this year. We will wrap up @POLAND25EU and look ahead, discussing key issues shaping the EU, its major challenges, and its place in the world. Stay tuned!

Polish trade minister Baranowski: EU’s relationship with Beijing is “independent” of links to Washington “What certainly is not happening is that the EU will say: ‘Oh, it’s too bad that it's not working with the US, we're just going to switch to China'" euractiv.com/section/econom…

Finał naszej Prezydencji Polish presidency of the Council of the EU w Pekinie. Po 62 latach od ostatniej wizyty szefa chińskiej dyplomacji w polskiej ambasadzie, i po raz pierwszy od początku transformacji, gościliśmy ministra spraw zagranicznych Chin. Wizyta Wang Yi to ukoronowanie epoki Duda-Xi. 🇵🇱🇨🇳 1/3

🔴 New Commentary from Alicja Bachulska Chinese policymakers are well used to ignoring European objections to decisions made in Beijing. With a new array of tools, the EU could finally cause them to think differently ECFR Asia Read more👇 ecfr.eu/article/new-to…

In her latest commentary, Alicja Bachulska discusses how Europeans should approach this month's EU-China summit ⬇️ buff.ly/DYHKv9L

The Chinese government intends to cancel part of a summit with EU leaders planned for later this month, in the latest sign of the tensions between Brussels and Beijing bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

China dominates the supply chains of many components and raw materials crucial for wind turbines. At this rate, the decarbonisation of the EU’s power generation sector could become yet more dependent on Chinese renewable technology. Read Byford Tsang and Luke Patey's Policy Brief for

Nie wiemy, jaka jest logika Xi Jinpinga. Czy otacza się ludźmi, którzy dają mu dostęp do zróżnicowanych źródeł informacji? A może żyje w paranoicznym świecie zagrożenia ze strony USA? Rozmawiamy o Chinach z dr Alicja Bachulska z ECFR Warsaw. Miłada Jędrysik oko.press/chiny-zmiany-z…

Catch up on the latest on EU-China relations from Alicja Bachulska ahead of tomorrow's BRICS Summit. The EU needs to make clear to China that it has its own interests, separate from the US, and that it is willing to use an array of tools, should China not agree to pare back its

⚠️Chinese overproduction and its dominance of rare earth supply chains pose a significant risk to homegrown industries in the EU and beyond. Janka Oertel, Director of ECFR Asia, argues that Europe cannot continue on its current trajectory if it wishes to maintain competitive

This year's #ACM25 concluded the 🇵🇱 Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU 🇪🇺 📺 Panels are still available online in case you missed it 👇 polish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/ecfr-c…

🇪🇺🇨🇳 "The two sides are on course to continue talking past each other." - newest commentary by Alicja Bachulska on EU-China relations 📰 ECFR Asia ECFR ecfr.eu/article/new-to…

💼From trade leverage to investment screening, the EU has options 🇪🇺 In her new ECFR commentary, Alicja Bachulska unpacks how Brussels can respond more confidently to Chinese pressure. ECFR Asia 📖 Dive in 👇 ecfr.eu/article/new-to…

"We need to push this message that Europe will be assertive and we have tools, such as the Anti-Coercion Instrument, if push comes to shove. But they require the political will to be used," comments Alicja Bachulska in DW ⬇️ buff.ly/kFBpslc

Quick take on EU-China (or China-EU) climate joint statement: We'll do more of the same and we'll commit to make some commitments later. vs. last joint statement back in 2021 - in which China stated that they were going to 'strictly control coal consumption (which it didn't)