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Reconnect China podcast: a free database to decode China 5 July 2026 - Outi Louva speaks with Christian Göbel, Chair Professor of the Politics of Contemporary China at the University of Vienna, to discuss one of Europe's most ambitious digital research infrastructure projects. Image if you could search over 6 million of Chinese government… Read more
ReConnect China Policy Brief 36: Contending Universals 22 June 2026 - Executive summary: Ever since the People’s Republic of China (PRC) published its Zhongguo renquan zhuangkuang (China’s Human Rights Situation)—its first White Paper on Human Rights—in November 1991, the concept of human rights that had been dismissed as ‘bourgeois’ in earlier… Read more
The 3rd Europe-China Knowledge Forum “Reconnect China Dialogue? Conditions, Constraints and Futures of EU-China Engagement” successfully took place in Brussels 19 June 2026 - The 3rd Europe-China Knowledge Forum "Reconnect China Dialogue? Conditions, Constraints and Futures of EU-China Engagement" was successfully held under the auspices of the Reconnect China Horizon Europe project in Brussels, in the glorious Egmont Palace on 12 June! With 130… Read more
Reconnect China podcast: China’s economic diplomacy 8 June 2026 - Carmen Amado Mendes speaks with co-authors Diogo Borges (CCCM), Tiago Botelho dos Santos (CCCM) and Gábor Szüdi (ZSI) and about their respective Reconnect China research papers tackling different aspects of China's economic diplomacy. The podcast sheds light on the evolving contours… Read more
ReConnect China Policy Brief 35: Development, Civilisation and Stability 3 June 2026 - Executive summary: In recent years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has introduced four landmark initiatives—Global Development (GDI), Global Security (GSI), Global Civilisation (GCI), and Global Governance (GGI)—that collectively represent effort to reshape international norms. The analysis suggests that these… Read more
ReConnect China Policy Brief 34: Strengthening the EU-China IP Dialogue 3 June 2026 - Executive summary: The EU-China IP Dialogue Mechanism, established in 2003, has facilitated technical exchanges on IP legislation, enforcement, and judicial protection for over two decades. Yet implementation gaps between dialogue outputs and on-the-ground outcomes continue to challenge European businesses operating… Read more
Register for the 3rd ECKF conference until 4 June! 21 May 2026 - 3rd ECKF conference, 12.6.2026, Brussels, Belgium (host: EGMONT Royal Institute for International Relations) I Title: ReConnect China Dialogue? Conditions, Constraints, and Futures of EU–China Engagement The 3rd conference “ReConnect China Dialogue? Conditions, Constraints, and Futures of EU–China Engagement” will take… Read more
ReConnect China Policy Brief 33: Leveraging EU-China Synergies to Scale CCUS 5 May 2026 - Executive summary: Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technology is essential for the European Union to achieve its 2050 climate neutrality target, particularly for hard-to-abate industrial sectors. Yet the EU currently captures less than 0.5 million tonnes of CO2 annually,… Read more
ReConnect China Policy Brief 32: Europe’s Supply Chain Security Dilemma 24 April 2026 - Executive summary: Beijing has become more explicit in weaponising trade dependencies through export controls, particularly in critical minerals and rare earth elements (REEs). Europe now faces a structural dilemma: how to reduce strategic vulnerabilities relative to China without shifting towards… Read more
Europe-China table on state-society relations in China took place on 15 April 21 April 2026 - The next round of the Europe-China Table took place on 15 April to discuss the changing dynamics in state-society relations in the People's Republic of China.   Summary Organised by Reconnect China partner IAI - Istituto Affari Internazionali, the online… Read more