Reconnect China podcast: Evolving patterns of China’s involvement in African infastructure 19 March 2026 - Richard Turcsanyi speaks with his co-authors Kara Němečková and Veronika Blablová about their policy brief "Evolving patterns of China’s involvement in African infrastructure". The authors outline how Chinese loans tied to infrastructure construction became one of the key aspects of… Read more
Workshop on de-dollarisation and the rise of the RMB 12 March 2026 - In a joint effort between Reconnect China, the Dutch China Knowledge Network (CKN) and the China Europe Research Network (CHERN) an expert round table on De-dollarisation and the Rise of the RMB was held at the NL Permanent Representation on… Read more
Join the online webinar on research security on 12 March 23 February 2026 - The University of Graz hosts a series of webinar on research security (financed by the Arqus Innovation Fund). The first session on 12 March will deal with research security in Austria and the EU – Insights into current policies at… Read more
ReConnect China podcast: China’s green turn under Xi Jinping – Why “Ecological Civilisation” 16 February 2026 - Internationally, efforts to mitigate the anthropogenic impact on the natural environment are generally framed under the concept of “sustainable development.” In the People's Republic of China, however, “ecological civilisation” (shengtai wenming 生态文明) has become the defining slogan of the country’s… Read more
Reconnect China expert workshop brought research on China’s connectivity to the forefront 5 February 2026 - The Egmont Institute and Elcano Royal Institute organised the latest Reconnect China policy workshop titled 'Standards, Narratives and Partnerships: Rethinking EU and China’s Approaches to Connectivity' in a hybrid setting. Around 20 experts and scholars took part either online or… Read more
EU-China IPR workshop successfully held in Beijing 3 February 2026 - Innovation Norway, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in China, the China IP SME Helpdesk and European Union Chamber of Commerce in China jointly organised the EU-China IPR Workshop within the ReConnect China project in Beijing on 28 January 2026. The event focused… Read more
Online meeting on the sustainability of cooperation within the China cluster 30 January 2026 - The representatives of all China Cluster projects, i.e. Reconnect China (Gábor Szüdi), EuroHub4Sino (Saban Yuksel, Muzen Ismailovic) and the recently finished China Horizons (Piotr Machajek, Blanca Marabini San Martin) held an online meeting to explore the possibilities of ongoing joint… Read more ReconnectChina project represented at the Asia-Europe Youth Summit on Science and Technology Diplomacy 30 January 2026 - 40 young diplomats, policymakers, and research & science managers, coming from 29 countries across Asia and Europe, gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 14-18 December 2025, for the first Asia-Europe Youth Summit on Science and Technology Diplomacy. Co-organised in correlation with… Read more EU-China IPR workshop in Beijing on 28 January 2026 27 January 2026 - Innovation Norway, the China IP SME Helpdesk and European Union Chamber of Commerce in China jointly organise the EU-China IPR Workshop under the “ReConnect China project” to discuss China’s IP landscape, explore the IP opportunities and challenges European companies face… Read more ReConnect China Policy Brief 31: China’s strategy toward Pacific Island countries 7 January 2026 - Over the past decade, China has deployed a diplomatic strategy toward the Pacific Island Countries (PICs). This strategy pursues two main objectives: countering Taiwan’s diplomatic influence in the region and countering the influence of liberal democracies in what Beijing refers… Read more