In today’s episode, we investigate the complexities of Sino-Italian relations, which over the last few weeks—like a focusing lens—brought together many interesting topics: the outbreak of COVID-19, China’s disinformation campaigns, Euroscepticism, and wider discussions on EU solidarity. There’s really a lot to unpack here. Fortunately, we are joined by an expert in the field.

Lucrezia Poggetti is an Analyst at the Berlin-based MERICS, a leading European think tank focused on China. She researches EU-China relations and China’s public diplomacy strategies in Europe, and also has experience working on China’s domestic policies at the EU Delegation to the PRC. 

Her works have been widely published by, among others: The Diplomat, China File, Project Syndicate, Il Sole 24 Ore, and the Berlin Policy Journal. Being Italian, she frequently comments on Sino-Italian relations and can help us shed light on the rapidly changing dynamics of Italian-Chinese interactions.

More at: euchinahub.com

Photo credit: ©MERICS/Marco Urban

In today’s episode, we investigate the complexities of Sino-Italian relations, which over the last few weeks—like a focusing lens—brought together many interesting topics: the outbreak of COVID-19, China’s disinformation campaigns, Euroscepticism, and wider discussions on EU solidarity. There’s really a lot to unpack here. Fortunately, we are joined by an expert in the field.

Lucrezia Poggetti is an Analyst at the Berlin-based MERICS, a leading European think tank focused on China. She researches EU-China relations and China’s public diplomacy strategies in Europe, and also has experience working on China’s domestic policies at the EU Delegation to the PRC. 

Her works have been widely published by, among others: The Diplomat, China File, Project Syndicate, Il Sole 24 Ore, and the Berlin Policy Journal. Being Italian, she frequently comments on Sino-Italian relations and can help us shed light on the rapidly changing dynamics of Italian-Chinese interactions.

More at: euchinahub.com

Photo credit: ©MERICS/Marco Urban

In this news brief we cover:

1. Chinese FDI in Europe is Dwindling, but COVID-19 Could Reverse That
2. Toying with the Numbers? China’s Data on COVID-19 Questioned
3. Status Check on the 17+1 - Report by CHOICE
4. EU Bonding at Last, but Without the Bonds
5. When in Deep Water, Liberalize - China’s New Reforms

For full, written version visit: euchinahub.com

In this news brief we cover:

1. Chinese FDI in Europe is Dwindling, but COVID-19 Could Reverse That
2. Toying with the Numbers? China’s Data on COVID-19 Questioned
3. Status Check on the 17+1 - Report by CHOICE
4. EU Bonding at Last, but Without the Bonds
5. When in Deep Water, Liberalize - China’s New Reforms

For full, written version visit: euchinahub.com

We will discuss it with our guest, who has long been involved in a discussion on China’s presence in the Central and Eastern Europe - as a think tank expert and an academic, who knows Czech-China relations inside out and warned of the possible fallout in the relations before it happened.

He is the programme director at an independent think tank the Central European Institute of Asian Studies, an assistant professor at Mendel University in Brno and a Key Researcher at Palacky University in Olomouc, where he develops an EU-funded project Sinophone Borderlands. He also actively participates in numerous networks focused on EU-China affairs such as European Think Tank Network on China (ETNC), China in Europe Research Network (CHERN), or Chinese Observers in Central Europe (CHOICE). I am very happy to be talking to Richard Turcsanyi.

We will discuss it with our guest, who has long been involved in a discussion on China’s presence in the Central and Eastern Europe - as a think tank expert and an academic, who knows Czech-China relations inside out and warned of the possible fallout in the relations before it happened.

He is the programme director at an independent think tank the Central European Institute of Asian Studies, an assistant professor at Mendel University in Brno and a Key Researcher at Palacky University in Olomouc, where he develops an EU-funded project Sinophone Borderlands. He also actively participates in numerous networks focused on EU-China affairs such as European Think Tank Network on China (ETNC), China in Europe Research Network (CHERN), or Chinese Observers in Central Europe (CHOICE). I am very happy to be talking to Richard Turcsanyi.

1. China's Economic Recovery - Fact or Myth?
2. The Path Forward for Businesses in the EU and China
3.  COVID-19 Disinformation Targeting "EU Disintegration" Spreads to the Balkans
4.  Taiwan Provides EU with Medical Aid
5. Ericsson in China, Huawei in Europe
6. Orban's Rule by Decree Set to Accelerate Belgrade-Budapest Railway Project

1. China's Economic Recovery - Fact or Myth?
2. The Path Forward for Businesses in the EU and China
3.  COVID-19 Disinformation Targeting "EU Disintegration" Spreads to the Balkans
4.  Taiwan Provides EU with Medical Aid
5. Ericsson in China, Huawei in Europe
6. Orban's Rule by Decree Set to Accelerate Belgrade-Budapest Railway Project

Our guest  is a veteran China-watcher and an MEP, who has served at the European Parliament for over a decade representing the German Green Party. He is the Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the People’s Republic of China and a Member of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the United States, but he wears many more hats - including that of a member of the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum. 

Put simply, there’s no one better positioned to comment on shaping EU’s unity towards China, especially ahead of the upcoming German Presidency and Leipzig Summit. It is my great pleasure to talk to Reinhard Bütikofer.

Our guest  is a veteran China-watcher and an MEP, who has served at the European Parliament for over a decade representing the German Green Party. He is the Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the People’s Republic of China and a Member of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the United States, but he wears many more hats - including that of a member of the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum. 

Put simply, there’s no one better positioned to comment on shaping EU’s unity towards China, especially ahead of the upcoming German Presidency and Leipzig Summit. It is my great pleasure to talk to Reinhard Bütikofer.