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Analyses | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Jakub Jakóbowski

A new phase of Chinas pressure on Lithuania weaponisation of European value chains

In the latest phase of now months-long diplomatic conflict between Beijing and Vilnius, China has developed a new set of economic coercion instruments. In recent weeks, Lithuania was temporarily removed from the PRC customs clearance…
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz

The delta variant in China the zero infections strategy

The appearance of the delta SARS-CoV-2 variant in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has forced the authorities to introduce the strictest restrictions there since June 2020, when Beijing declared victory in the ‘people’s war against the…
Analyses | | Franciszek Tyszka

Controversy over the construction of a Chinese university campus in Budapest

Since 6 April, when the Hungarian investigative news website Direkt36 published detailed information about the construction of a campus of China’s prestigious Fudan University, there have been ongoing disputes whether this investment is…
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz

Partial democracy in Hong Kong coming to an end

On 11 March, the Chinese parliament (National People's Congress, NPC) introduced major changes to the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). These concern the Chief Executive election process—that is the…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec, Jakub Jakóbowski

China excluded from a Czech nuclear tender

On 27 January Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) held a meeting with the leaders of the parliamentary parties about the expansion of the Dukovany nuclear power plant, at which only the Communists failed to agree to exclude the Chinese…