"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...

The map of Chinese migration is changing in 2025🚣‍♂️🗺️. Our analyst @nasredinhoja.bsky.social explains why the US has lost its appeal and why Serbia is emerging as a new hub.🧵 Article: chinaobservers.eu/beyond-ameri... #China #Migration #Geopolitics #US #Serbia #Japan

Is Europe's green transition building new dependencies as it breaks from fossil fuels? New article from @vanbergheneu.bsky.social dives into the risks of relying on China for rare earths, and introduces alternatives🧵 💡Full article: buff.ly/survlJ0 #CleanMobility #RareEarths #Europe #China #EVs

In a must-read for anyone following CEE's industrial transformation, @dominikaremzova.bsky.social maps the competing gravitational pulls shaping the industry – Chinese EV capital vs. Taiwanese chip diplomacy. Where do they differ? See the table below👇 🔗https://buff.ly/Q9RNMuP

🚨 Chinese investors are reassessing the EU. What's going wrong—and what could go right? 🧵Read our new article by Ewa Radomska. #China #EU #FDI #Trade #Policy #EVs buff.ly/Hnsf1MH

🇨🇳🇬🇧 China wants to build the biggest embassy in Europe in the heart of the financial district in London. ⚠️ Critics of the proposal raise concerns about espionage, human rights violations, and potential monitoring of dissidents. Read more at #BBCNews: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🇨🇳 Xi Jinping & 🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin: "Bromance", or a marriage of convenience? 🤝 Their relationship is at the very heart of a lot of speculation. Are they really close friends, despite not sharing a common language? Or is their relationship purely pragmatic? Let's see 🔎

🇮🇷 🇮🇱 Despite China's ambitions within the Middle East, the Iran-Israel war and its swift resolution reinforced Washington's role in the region, undermining 🇨🇳 's self-proclaimed peacemaker status, writes Oliver Konradt in his latest CHOICE article 👇 chinaobservers.eu/the-iran-isr...

🇨🇳🇪🇺 What to expect from the 2025 EU-China Summit? ⁉️🧵 The 2025 EU-China summit is about to commence on Thursday, July 24. What can stakeholders from the Central and Eastern Europe (but also from the EU more broadly) expect? 🔍 #CHOICE #FutureCHOICE #CHOICECommentary

‼️ This week, China announced a joint military training exercise with Serbia. Why now? Why China? And what does it mean for Europe? 🇨🇳🇷🇸 Read the latest take by our CHOICE fellow Stefan Vladisavljev: chinaobservers.eu/a-quiet-sign...

💻 Despite presenting as independent, China's tech champions – incl. ByteDance, Alibaba Group, and others – are at the very least partially controlled through CCP party cells, golden shares, and pressure tactics, writes @kavocabo.bsky.social . What should 🇪🇺 do?👇

❌📹 Two Chinese camera suppliers – Hikvision and Dahua – dominate international markets due to competitive prices and product features. ⚠️ However, both these brands are easily exploitable and slow to repair vulnerabilities, writes Ausma Bernot for #CHOICE: chinaobservers.eu/the-invisibl...

🇪🇺💴 The EU's Foreign Subsidy Regulation bears its fruit: Brussels now has unprecedented power to address market-distorting foreign subsidies, writes Andreas Mischer in his @merics.bsky.social article, now also at CHOICE as a part of our partnership! 🤝 chinaobservers.eu/the-eu-sees-...

📩 You know we have a CHOICE newsletter, right? 👀 ‼️ You can access the latest issue at our website, but if you want it directly in your inbox, sign up at the end of the article! chinaobservers.eu/choice-newsl...

🇨🇳🤝🇷🇸 Serbia’s FTA with China solidified 🇨🇳 as 🇷🇸's 2nd-largest trading partner. At what cost? ⛏️ Exports are still 93% copper (mostly from 🇨🇳-owned mines), while promised diversification and investment gains remain elusive, writes Stefan Vladisavljev for CHOICE chinaobservers.eu/has-the-chin...

Wang Yi’s Brussels visit lays bare EU-China rifts on Ukraine and trade My report on a marathon day of diplomacy yesterday www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

🖥️ When it comes to #chips, the US has built a “small yard, high fence” – blocking China's access to tools needed for next-gen semiconductors. But while #Beijing spends big, it’s #Taiwan that still powers the world's most advanced chips. 🏭 A short 🧵👇

🇨🇳🎓 “The message is always polite and flattering…” A vague but well-funded academic offer. A request for your CV – maybe even your passport. Welcome to China’s subtle playbook for influencing Western researchers. 🧵 The 2nd-ever #CHOICEInvestigation: 🔗 chinaobservers.eu/benign-invit...

🇮🇳 India doesn't need to keep reiterating its stance on whichever issue China asks it to – Taiwan, or anything else. Our latest episode of Voice for CHOICE is out, this time with @Sriparnapathak! chinaobservers.eu/voice-for-ch...

🚗⚡️ Europe is going electric – but who’s building the batteries? Latest piece by our CHOICE fellow Ágnes Szunomár explores how Chinese EV investments are reshaping the CEE, and how the EU is responding with protectionist tools like LCRs. 🧵 🔗 chinaobservers.eu/battle-of-th...

🇹🇼💨 Offshore wind is transforming Taiwan – not just its energy grid, but its ties with the EU and global climate identity. Once a regional leader, now facing policy backlash. What went wrong, and what’s next for Taiwan’s green ambitions? Full article at CHOICE 👇

🤨8 days ago: European companies complaining that China is asking for sensitive info in rare earth licensing requests “Some applicants are asked for sensitive info that might compromise their intellectual property so they’re reluctant to hand that over" www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

🇹🇼⚙️ V4–Taiwan Industrial Cooperation: A Strategic Response to Global Shocks Caught between US gas & Chinese clean tech, Europe’s green transition is reshaping global alliances. The Visegrád Four & Taiwan face similar challenges – and see strategic opportunity. 🧵👇

🇵🇱 Poland’s new president Karol Nawrocki signals a shift in China policy: less EU, more “Poland First.” While Warsaw stays pro-US, Nawrocki’s soft EU and climate skepticism could block a common EU approach to China. ❌🇪🇺 Read @yehaoqin's article on CHOICE: chinaobservers.eu/pragmatism-w...

📅 Our latest CHOICE newsletter is up on our website. This month, we're talking influencers and the influenced, and which part on which side of the equation is China. 📱 Do you want to get the newsletter directly into your inbox every month? Sign up below! chinaobservers.eu/choice-newsl...

⚡With China dominating the solar industry, the EU may turn to tech less dependent on Chinese materials – perovskite solar cells. 🇹🇼 Taiwan could play a key role, writes Yu-Ping Yang in the joint issue between CHOICE and ‪@uniofnottingham.bsky.social‬ Taiwan Insight: chinaobservers.eu/de-risking-t...