🎤In case you haven't watched @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social's testimony at the European Parliament yet, we bring you the full transcript 👉 chinaobservers.eu/why-europe-i... Highlights:

For years, China’s global strategy seemed simple: elite deals, big loans, Belt and Road. But as Vladimir Shopov writes, Beijing is now thinking differently. 13 transitions are reshaping how China projects power. 🧵The article: chinaobservers.eu/how-to-think...

👩‍🔬Xi Jinping celebrates women as “protagonists” of China’s modernization – yet his policies push them into domestic roles, urging a “new culture of marriage and parenting.” Full analysis on gender equality in China's STEM by Elze Pinelyte from @gssc-lt.bsky.social👉 chinaobservers.eu/chinas-float...

📬Our November newsletter is out - in a new form!📬Today we bring you not one but three takes on #China & CEE elections🗳️ and a new CHOICE in #Brussels column. Check it out here 👉 chinaobservers.eu/choice-newsl...

🚨🎤Today at 4pm (UTC+01:00) our lead @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social will testify on China’s influence in the European Union at the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs Special & Committee on the European Democracy Shield public hearing. Watch👇 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🤝Italy’s new diplomacy with China is neither confrontation nor submission – it’s “conscious pragmatism.” Full article by Emanuele Rossi: chinaobservers.eu/italy-china-...

China's export controls of the precious rare-earth elements bring serious implications for the EU defense industry.⚔️

🗳️Today’s Dutch elections could quietly reshape Europe’s approach to China. How? Read our new article by @sensehofstede.nl 👉 chinaobservers.eu/will-the-dut... Key takeaways:🧵👇 #Netherlands #China #Elections #EU #Geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #ASML #Nexperia #Trade #TechSecurity #Europe

Why China and Russia do not pose the same hard security threat to Europe? A must read by @jszczudlik.bsky.social from Polish Institute of Int'l Affairs. 🔗https://chinaobservers.eu/china-and-russia-do-not-pose-the-same-hard-security-threat-to-europe/ Originally published by @thediplomat.com .

📢A new episode of our 🎧podcast China Observers is out! What Europeans got wrong about the #China - #Russia friendship? That is one of the questions Emma Belmonte asked @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social & @abachulska.bsky.social. 👂Learn how to get China right: chinaobservers.eu/what-europea...

🏖️Croatia is not just a holiday destination - Harrison Budak explains the country emerges as a new node on Europe’s southern trade frontier, where both China and India are vying for influence through infrastructure, ports, and strategic partnerships. 🔗 chinaobservers.eu/adriatic-all...

📣The more the merrier!📣 We are hashtag#hiring a Deputy China Team Lead/ Senior China Analyst to join our dynamic team as we expand our China Projects Team at AMO - Association for International Affairs. Apply until November 9: chinaobservers.eu/we-are-looki...

📣 Don't just follow us, join us! 🤝 Attention Junior China Analysts, we’re #hiring! Join our dynamic team as we expand our #China Projects Team at @amo.cz. Apply until November 1, 2025: www.amo.cz/en/the-assoc... We look forward to our new colleague to be a part of our journey!

🔍 What was last week's EU-China Parliamentary Meeting about? Read the insights by CHOICE network analysts from all over the EU in our new article 👉 chinaobservers.eu/the-eu-china...

1/ 🚨 China's new #RareEarth export controls are hitting Europe’s rearmament plans hard - but they open a strategic window. 👉Read our new article by Niklas Hintermayer & Antonia Hmaidi originally published as a part of @merics.bsky.social rare-earth series 👉 chinaobservers.eu/chinas-rare-... #China

🤰Why are flights from Georgia to China full of crying babies? Our analyst @emma-belmonte.bsky.social wrote a very interesting investigative piece on the phenomenon of the "Surrogacy Silk Road" for @chinafile.bsky.social, read it here 👇 www.chinafile.com/reporting-op...

Vita Golod unpacks the evolution of Ukraine-China relations — from early cooperation to today’s uneasy coexistence shaped by war, sanctions, and global competition over critical minerals. Read the article👇 chinaobservers.eu/sino-ukraini...

Vita Golod unpacks the evolution of Ukraine-China relations — from early cooperation to today’s uneasy coexistence shaped by war, sanctions, and global competition over critical minerals. Read the article👇 chinaobservers.eu/sino-ukraini...

🧪🔐 Research security was the topic of the newest CEE-Nordic Dialogue on China, co-organized by CHOICE and our Swedish partner @kinacentrum.bsky.social, @sceeus-ui.bsky.social. See the key takeaways, tips and resources on research security👇 chinaobservers.eu/choice-and-u...

💪Tanks painted with doves. A $5B parade of missiles and AI weapons. And a message about peace.🕊️ @emma-belmonte.bsky.social writes about how China’s 2025 Victory Day Parade reveals military might fused with moral narrative. 🧵 Read the article🔗 chinaobservers.eu/peace-with-c...

Last week, our analyst @dominikaremzova.bsky.social presented Central European perspectives on China at the conference on Sino-European Relations in the Era of Trump 2.0, organized by @konradadenauer.bsky.social, @unibonn.bsky.social, Tongji University and Fudan University.👇

🚨Xi Jinping has a new system to influence Europe’s political class - the Global Civilization Initiative. @sensehofstede.nl breaks down how the CCP’s “Leninist leash” extends beyond borders in our new article👇 chinaobservers.eu/xi-jinpings-...

📢 Our October newsletter is out! 1/This time we look into Wang Yi's visit to Central Europe - Konrad Szatters provides a perspective from Poland, where 19 Russian were spotted days before Wang Yi's arrival. chinaobservers.eu/choice-newsl...

🗳️Czechs vote for a new govt this week, and the populist ANO will probably win. What does it mean for China policy? Paulína Ovečková writes about the possible outcomes 👉https://chinaobservers.eu/czech-elections-whats-next-for-china-policy/ #CzechElections #China #Taiwan #ForeignPolicy #volby

🚨 Yesterday, the former aide to far-right German MEP Maximilian Krah, Jian Guo, was convicted for spying on behalf of China. This further highlights the systemic vulnerabilities in the EP, and the fact that key staff can become conduits for foreign influence.

"China’s investments are unignorable for the UK Economy - and so are the risks." Karel Pučelík from AMO reflects on Britain’s new Business Secretary's visit to China for the first UK-China trade talks since 2018. Highlights & full article👇 buff.ly/igFe6Bi #China #UK #trade #investment

Wang Yi just became the first Chinese FM in 6 years to visit Poland. New article by @yehaoqin.bsky.social reveals that this trip showed more disconnect than alignment. Highlights👇& article👉https://chinaobservers.eu/talking-past-each-other-examining-poland-china-relations-following-wang-yis-visit/

✨CHOICE had a productive team-building trip in Czechia - a fantastic opportunity to get to know each other better and brainstorm exciting projects💡. We are excited to take this energy forward and bring you fresh ideas in the months ahead🚀. @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social @dominikaremzova.bsky.social

🚨New paper out!🕵️‍♀️In a unique investigation, CHOICE examined how Beijing could target EP assistants to gather intelligence & the structural vulnerabilities in the EP that create space for interference. Highlights & link👇 🔗 buff.ly/7HjjbJx #ChinaInfluence #EuropeanParliament #EU

🚨New paper out!🕵️‍♀️In a unique investigation, CHOICE examined how Beijing could target EP assistants to gather intelligence & the structural vulnerabilities in the EP that create space for interference. Highlights & link👇 🔗 buff.ly/7HjjbJx #ChinaInfluence #EuropeanParliament #EU

🚨New paper out!🕵️‍♀️In a unique investigation, CHOICE examined how Beijing could target EP assistants to gather intelligence & the structural vulnerabilities in the EP that create space for interference. Highlights & link👇 🔗 chinaobservers.eu/invisible-bu... #ChinaInfluence #EuropeanParliament #EU

📢 In an interview with Onet, our China analyst Konrad Szatters warns about Beijing’s growing ambitions toward Central Europe. 👇Full interview in Polish: onet.pl/informacje/o...

Under Xi, Beijing’s thinking is anchored in a deeply realist worldview. International relations are not to be guided by rules but fought out in an arena of relentless power, write @abachulska.bsky.social and @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social @ecfrasia.bsky.social @chinaobservers.eu https://bit.ly/3IpOXPR

More moments from our Monday workshop with @ecfr.eu and @osweng.bsky.social that brought together CEE experts from Czechia, Baltics, and Poland to discuss the future of China-Russia alliance and its meaning for Europe. Read the highlights here👇 chinaobservers.eu/china-russia...

🚨The second “China shock” is threatening Europe’s automotive industry. In a must-read CHOICE article, Jakub Jakóbowski and Janka Oertel map the problems and propose solutions to avoid a Detroit-style collapse in Europe.👇 chinaobservers.eu/when-the-ass...

Yesterday in Prague, AMO hosted a roundtable in cooperation with @ecfrasia.bsky.social and @osweng.bsky.social. The event brought together experts to discuss our latest study on China, Russia & the strategic blind spots of Europe 👇 @chinaobservers.eu

📕In Mao’s China, ideology meant carrying the Little Red Book. In Xi’s China, it means opening an app📲 - or soon, asking an AI. In his new CHOICE article, Konrad Szatters discusses how ideology in China has evolved. 🧵Article: chinaobservers.eu/xi-jinpings-...

Interesting day at CHOICE! We are organizing a conference on China, Russia, and the Strategic Blind Spots of Europe based on research by @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social & @abachulska.bsky.social moderated by @jjakobowski.bsky.social.

🍜Beijing is betting on a digital revolution to secure China’s food future. Genevieve Donnellon-May unpacks the plan driving the world’s largest agricultural producer toward a high-tech transformation in our new article. 🧵 Read the full article & highlights👇: chinaobservers.eu/chinas-high-...

🚨"I believe Europe should have its own E-car. Because we cannot let China and others conquer this market." - Ursula von der Leyen during today's State of the Union address. www.linkedin.com/video/live/u...

Stefan Messingschlager introduces the twin-track approach Beijing has pursued since Germany’s 2023 China Strategy of “de-risking”: 🟢Courting Berlin with access, visas, & climate diplomacy 🔴Countering Brussels when EU trade defense & tech controls bite Full article 👉https://buff.ly/W09Wp5B

Global crises revealed fragility of supply chains. Now both China and the EU are now mimicking ecosystems to strengthen resilience. How? Read our new article by Alex Tóth, here are the highlights👇 chinaobservers.eu/china-and-th... #Resilience #Biomimicry #China #EU #SupplyChains

First Politico, now Euractiv comparing Europe's current plight to China's "century of humiliation"

Today in Beijing.. chinaobservers.eu/category/cho...

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How & why China supports Russia? Where do they diverge? In our newest article Emanuele Rossi & Enrico Fardella walk you through Beijing’s Pro-Russian Neutrality. 👇 Highlights🧵 chinaobservers.eu/chinas-strat... #China #UkraineWar #Geopolitics #Russia

👨‍🚀 Taiwan enters the space race - read the why & how in our new article by Andie Wang, an insider in the Taiwan space industry. Highlights & link here👇https://chinaobservers.eu/stepping-through-the-door-strategic-developments-in-taiwans-space-program/ #Taiwan #SpaceTech #TASA #Innovation @esa.int

Has the China-Serbia Free Trade Agreement that came into effect a year ago paid off for Serbia? @chinaobservers.eu Visiting Fellow Stefan Vladisavljev’s early verdict is one of cautious pragmatism: merics.org/en/comment/h...

❗A must read on China's stance on the the Ukraine Peace Push by Nataliya Butyrska👇 chinaobservers.eu/behind-the-t...

Spoiler: they don’t. That's the theme of today´s new CHOICE article by Kim Vender, as 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of EU–China diplomatic relations. Here is the🔗& key takeaways👇 #EUChina #Diplomacy #Geopolitics #Climate chinaobservers.eu/the-eu-and-c...