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Webinar: Where Does CEE Stand on China?
On September 11, CHOICE presented the pilot Central and Eastern European China Policy Audit 2025–2026 at a closed-door online seminar. During the discussion, the authors of the audit, Ivana Karásková, Selena Orly, and Konrad…
CHOICE Newsletter: How Powerful is China’s Coercion Toolkit in Europe?
Dear reader, October is shaping up to be an important month for EU-China relations, with trade, economic security, and Europe’s dependencies again high on the agenda. In this month’s newsletter, we look at China’s…
Central and Eastern European China Policy Audit 2025–2026: Between De-Risking and Re-Engagement
China policy in Central and Eastern Europe is becoming harder to describe in terms of a simple divide between “pro-China” and “anti-China” governments. Russia’s war against Ukraine, China’s growing alignment with Moscow, uncertainty over…
The One Unsuccessful Chinese Export: Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy is making a global comeback. While it would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, countries around the world are looking to recommission older reactors, build additional units, or construct their…
When the Evidence Base on China Becomes a Policy Risk
Europe’s China policy now rests on a widening evidentiary contradiction. The EU wants to de-risk China-related supply chains, screen investments, enforce export controls, protect research cooperation, and manage exposure to economic coercion. Yet these…
China’s Updated Playbook in the Western Balkans
What are the implications of China’s presence in the Western Balkans when it comes to EU enlargement ? The conversation delves into China’s strategic investments, the varying degrees of engagement with different countries in…
How the European Parliament Votes on China: Patterns and Coalitions
The research and the publication have been supported by a grant from the European Dialogue Program of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF Europe). The Association for International Affairs (AMO) gratefully acknowledges the support of…
China in Greece: The Story of Piraeus and Beyond
This article is based on the final thesis of the General Diplomatic Training Program at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, titled “From Belgrade to Piraeus: China’s Strategy in Southeast Europe.”…
Italy–China Relations: The Diplomacy of Conscious Pragmatism
The visit of Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, marked a crucial step in redefining Italy–China relations under Giorgia Meloni’s government. On October 8, Wang Yi co-chaired the…
Sino-Ukrainian Relations: Strategic Trade and Geopolitical Balancing
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has redrawn the geopolitical map, intensifying the bifurcation of the global system between Washington and Beijing. For Kyiv, this has sharpened the dilemma of how to balance its foreign…
Peace with Chinese Characteristics: Why does Beijing Paint Doves on its Tanks?
On September 3, 2025, decorative white doves adorned the giant numbers “1945” and “2025” during Beijing’s military parade along the Avenue of Eternal Peace. Overshadowed by the tanks and missiles rolling past, these cliché…