ABSTRACT
As China rises as an economic and an international power, new relationships are being forged with all areas of the world including Central and Eastern Europe. This book explores how this relationship is developing. It considers how China’s links with Central and Eastern Europe fit in to China’s overall international relations strategies. It looks at economic and trade ties, diplomatic initiatives and the role of the European Union, and examines China’s bilateral relations with the different states of the region. These relationships are particularly interesting because before the end of communism in Eastern Europe China had many direct links with the countries of the region.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |10 pages
Introduction
Contextualizing China–Central and Eastern European relations in the new era
chapter 1|18 pages
Westward ho – the China dream and “One Belt, One Road”
Chinese foreign policy under Xi Jinping
chapter 3|18 pages
Economic relations between China and Central and Eastern Europe
Trade and investment issues
chapter 4|17 pages
From mutual understanding to a new paradigm of cooperation
China’s public diplomacy toward CEECs
chapter 7|20 pages
Czechia’s 1 relations with China
On a long road toward a real strategic partnership?
chapter 9|16 pages
Between central and local interdependence
Dimensions of Poland’s relations with China
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chapter 11|17 pages
China’s engagement in the Balkans
Challenges and prospects from a geopolitical perspective
