Reconnect China Policy Brief 24: Local Conditions 30 June 2025 - Executive summary: This policy brief critically examines the concept of “New Quality Productive Forces According to Local Conditions” (NPF) which aims to optimise resource allocation and foster technological advancement, thereby positioning China as a global leader in innovation. This approach… Read more
High-Level Symposium Marks 50 Years of EU-China Relations 18 June 2025 - The historic Palais des Académies in Brussels hosted a landmark event on 12 May 2025—the High-Level Think Tanks Symposium titled “EU-China at 50: Prospects for the Future.” This exclusive gathering of thought leaders and policymakers celebrated five decades of diplomatic… Read more
Reconnect China Policy Brief 23: Drinking Xi Wine 11 June 2025 - Executive summary: At the opening of the ‘Summit of the Future Action Days,’ held in New York on 20 and 21 September 2024, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stated the following: “Four years ago […] we saw our multilateral institutions… Read more
Reconnect China Policy Brief 22: Responding with data to China’s supposed divide-and-rule diplomacy in the EU 2 June 2025 - Whether or not the People’s Republic of China (PRC) engages in divide-and-rule diplomacy vis-à-vis the EU can be investigated empirically. Based on unique databases of Beijing’s diplomatic engagement created by the author, and secondary literature, this policy brief describes what… Read more
Richard Turcsányi took part in EuroHub4Sino workshop on China as an emerging challenge to the global order 28 May 2025 - On May 21, our ReConnect China team member Richard Turcsányi, Department of Asian Studies, Palacky University Olomouc, presented his research on "China's complex relationship with the international order" during a EuroHub4Sino workshop in Prague. Richard appeared in the panel titled… Read more
Policy workshop co-organised between ReConnect China and EuroHub4Sino in Prague 28 May 2025 - On May 20, the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS) and the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, in collaboration with Palacký University Olomouc (ReConnect China partner) and with support of two of the three China… Read more
ReConnect China x CHERN podcast: Why dominant perceptions of China changed in Europe? 26 May 2025 - In this episode, we dive into why dominant European perceptions of China turned sharply negative in recent years. Drawing on fresh academic insights from the recently published article “Bundling Threats: Why Dominant Perceptions of China Changed in Europe” by Shaun… Read more ReConnect China x CHERN podcast: Dynamics of Chinese EV projects in Europe 12 May 2025 - Chinese EV companies are gaining a foothold in European markets to sell EVs and to supply European EV manufacturers with locally manufactured EV batteries. The Central and Eastern European region – host to most of the Chinese EV and EV… Read more ReConnect China x CHERN podcast: China’s Digital Silk Road to Switzerland 26 April 2025 - In this episode, we trace China’s Digital Silk Road (DSR) into Western Europe. Dr. Lena Kaufmann unpacks the “downstream effects” of Chinese digital infrastructures in Switzerland—an often-overlooked BRI country. Drawing on her chapter in Seeing China’s Belt and Road (Schatz… Read more
Third Europe-China Table on “US-China Evolving Trade Landscape and the EU’s Response” took place 22 April 2025 - On 28 March 2025, the Asia Centre at the University of Tartu hosted a roundtable webinar titled “US-China Evolving Trade Landscape and the EU's Response”, as part of the ReConnect China project. The invitation-only event brought together experts from academia, policymakers,… Read more