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CHOICE is an independent platform for monitoring & evaluating the influence of China in the CEE region.
Designed and run by the Association for International Affairs (AMO).
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🎤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...
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Why Europe Is an Easy Target for China’s Political Influence – chinaobservers
This is a transcript of Ivana Karásková's oral testimony for the European Parliament's AFET & EUDS public hearing on China’s influence in the European Union
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November 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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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...
How to Think Differently About China: 13 Transitions in Beijing’s Strategy – chinaobservers
Just until a few years ago, China’s strategy of penetration and positioning abroad seemed quite straightforward. It sought to engage elites at the state level i
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November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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👩‍🔬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...
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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📬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...
CHOICE Newsletter: China in CEE Elections – chinaobservers
Dear reader, Europe’s China debate is moving from conference rooms to campaign trails. In Hungary, with elections less than a year away, foreign policy usually
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November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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🚨🎤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...
Special committee on the European Democracy Shield Ordinary meeting - Multimedia Centre
The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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🤝Italy’s new diplomacy with China is neither confrontation nor submission – it’s “conscious pragmatism.” Full article by
Emanuele Rossi:
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November 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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China's export controls of the precious rare-earth elements bring serious implications for the EU defense industry.⚔️
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🗳️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
Will the Dutch Return to the European Front on China After the Elections? – chinaobservers
Today, on October 29, the Netherlands votes in Lower House elections that will determine the composition of its future government. In June this year, the populi
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October 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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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
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October 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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📢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...
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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🏖️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...
October 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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📣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...
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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📣 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!
October 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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🔍 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...
The EU-China Inter-Parliamentary Meeting: Perspectives from CHOICE – chinaobservers
The 42 nd meeting between the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the People’s Republic of China and representatives of the National People’s Co
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October 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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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
China’s Rare-Earths Export Controls Hit EU Rearmament – but Open a Strategic Window – chinaobservers
This article was originally published by MERICS as part of its series on China’s rare-earths export controls and is republished here with the permission of the
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October 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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🤰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...
A Surrogacy Silk Road: Chinese Parents Head West for Babies
Georgia has become an increasingly popular destination for Chinese visitors. The number of visits nearly tripled between 2023 and 2024, with more than 88,500 visits last year. Yet leisure tourism does...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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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...
October 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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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...
Sino-Ukrainian Relations: Strategic Trade and Geopolitical Balancing – chinaobservers
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has redrawn the geopolitical map, intensifying the bifurcation of the global system between Washington and Beijing. For
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October 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🧪🔐 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👇
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CHOICE and UI Hold CEE-Nordic Dialogue on Navigating Research Security – chinaobservers
On September 10, 2025, the second iteration of the  CEE-Nordic Dialogue on China was co-organized by the Swedish National China Centre (NKK)  at the Swedish Ins
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October 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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💪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...
October 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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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.👇
October 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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🚨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👇
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October 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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📢 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.
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CHOICE Newsletter: Wang Yi Visits Central Europe Amid Russian Drone Provocations – chinaobservers
Dear reader, October finalizes a change of guard at CHOICE. We’re bidding farewell to our Senior China Analyst Filip Noubel, who is moving on to develop his own
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October 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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🗳️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
October 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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🚨 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.
October 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM