Marcin Przychodniak
marcinprzychodniak.bsky.social
Marcin Przychodniak
@marcinprzychodniak.bsky.social
Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, China analyst in Polish Institute of International Affairs. Former Polish diplomat in Beijing.
PISM REPORT ❗️❗️
Based on Chinese official 🇨🇳 data and Russian 🇷🇺 statements together with Piotr Dzierżanowski we analyze why and how China has stepped into the role of Russia’s most important economic partner, and limits the effectiveness of the Western response to the aggression.👇
February 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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The #US introduces new #AI export restrictions, sparking concerns in Europe 🌍🤖. Will NATO allies adjust, or will this divide deepen? Meanwhile, China’s #DeepSeek model challenges US chip controls. Read the latest #CHOICE analysis by @marcinprzychodniak.bsky.social! chinaobservers.eu/barriers-as-...
Barriers as Incentives? AI Export Controls and US-Led Cooperation Against China – chinaobservers
The new US regulations on the export of devices for the development of artificial intelligence technology pose a short-term challenge to transatlantic unity, es
chinaobservers.eu
February 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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From Chinese MoFA presser today

Beijing will accept the return of undocumented migrants in the US if they're verified citizens.

Some of the migrants are seeking work amid a stuttering Chinese economy, others looking for religious or political freedom

www.npr.org/2024/08/07/n...
January 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"The influence of Chinese actors on European security is increasing, including their likely involvement in Russian 🇷🇺 destabilisation operations." 👇
On how China 🇨🇳 is more and more involved in Russia's operations in the EU in my new bulletin. 👇
January 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Zwiększa się wpływ podmiotów z Chin na bezpieczeństwo europejskie, obejmując ich prawdopodobny udział w rosyjskich 🇷🇺 operacjach destabilizacyjnych." 👇
O tym jak, po co ChRL 🇨🇳 bierze udział w operacjach Rosji i co to oznacza dla UE w moim nowym tekście.👇
January 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
None of the executive orders signed by Trump right after the inauguration is about China, tariffs, fentanyl etc. There is however one that gives TikTok ability to act in the U.S. for another 90 days.
January 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
"On January 16, 2025, the Chinese government's Special Envoy for the Middle East Zhai Jun visited Israel and met with the Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs."👇
www.fmprc.gov.cn/wjdt_674879/...
www.fmprc.gov.cn
January 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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EU condemned today's execution in Taiwan as being "the ultimate denial of human dignity"

"The EU therefore calls on Taiwan to apply and maintain a de facto moratorium, and to pursue a consistent policy towards the full abolition of the death penalty in Taiwan."
January 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM

"Today, noyb has filed GDPR complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi for unlawful data transfers to China."👇
noyb.eu/en/tiktok-al...
TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN & Co surrender Europeans’ data to authoritarian China
Given that China is an authoritarian surveillance state, companies can’t realistically shield EU users’ data from access by the Chinese government
noyb.eu
January 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"China is preparing and has certain expectations before Donald Trump's second term."👇
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January 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"China's Dilemmas in the Middle East. 1949-2023 is both a history of Jewish-Chinese relations, (...) as well as an account of the two countries' relations in Cold War`s reality and today."

My new book (for now just in Polish) can be found here. 👇
eksiegarnia.pism.pl/en/products/...
Bliskowschodnie dylematy Chin. 1949–2023
Marcin Przychodniak Bliskowschodnie dylematy Chin. 1949–2023 Publication date: 2024 Pages: 173 Hard cover Format: 15 x 25 cm
eksiegarnia.pism.pl
January 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Ding Xiaoxing (CiCIR) summarises the year 2024 in Russian politics. Good insight into the strategic dimension of the two countries' relationship. 👇
"普京高票连任,俄国内保持稳定" / "Putin was re-elected with a high vote, and Russia remained stable"
www.aisixiang.com/data/158110....
丁晓星:俄罗斯在复杂尖锐的内外环境下稳步前行_爱思想
www.aisixiang.com
January 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Już w 2020 roku na Lotnisku Chopina w Warszawie zauważono, że skanery bagażowe chińskiej firmy Nuctech mogą przesyłać metadane w nieokreślone lokalizacje. Problem zbagatelizowano, mimo ostrzeżeń audytorów...

www.money.pl/gospodarka/c...
Chińskie skanery na Lotnisku Chopina. Jest decyzja PPL
Lotnisko Chopina podjęło decyzję o wymianie chińskich skanerów Nuctech do prześwietlania bagażu po doniesieniach o ich "dziwnym" zachowaniu i potencjalnych zagrożeniach. Nowe urządzenia pojawią się na...
www.money.pl
December 18, 2024 at 8:28 AM
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"One of the front companies used is China-based Haokun. Operated by former Chinese military officials," according to the sources. "[I]t remains an active conduit for IRGC oil sales into China, despite Washington hitting it with sanctions, opens new tab in 2022."
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards extend control over Tehran's oil exports, sources say
All aspects of the oil business have come under the growing influence of the Guards, from the "shadow fleet" of tankers that secretively ship sanctioned crude, to logistics and the front companies selling the oil, mostly to China.
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Wang Yi on China`s diplomacy in 2025.
"In the face of the risk of division and confrontation, China will firmly be a force for unity." (团结的力量)
Main message to non-Western partners and another bloc building narratives. 👇
December 17, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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China sees quantum technology as pivotal in global science and tech competition. Antonia Hmaidi & Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau zoom in on China’s quantum ambitions in a new report for our China Tech Observatory, a project funded by the Federal Ministry of Research and Education. merics.org/en/report/ch...
December 16, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Reposted by Marcin Przychodniak
Alexander Davey explored the online debate over a military career in China. The analysis is part of @chinaspektrum.bsky.social, our project with Trier University’s China Institute, funded by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. merics.org/en/comment/a...
December 13, 2024 at 9:40 AM
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A Uyghur militant group that helped to topple Bashar-al Assad has vowed to take the fight to China.

"We will continue to do this in Urumchi, Aqsu and Kashgar in the future,” said one masked man... we will chase the Chinese infidels away.”

Fascinating story

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Uyghur fighters in Syria vow to come for China next
The Turkistan Islamic Party says its main mission to ‘liberate the Muslims of East Turkistan from the Chinese occupation’
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 9:05 AM
China - Egypt Strategic Dialogue (joint statement):
"Egypt appreciates China's active efforts to promote (...) dialogue among Palestinian political factions. (...) Both sides stressed the need for coordination to reach out to the Syrian people to (...) stabilize the country." 👇
December 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Wang Yi on situation in Syria:
"The international community should earnestly safeguard Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity, respect Syria's ethnic and religious traditions, and allow Syrian people to make their own decisions."

The king is dead - long live the king.
December 13, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Piotr Dzierżanowski for The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) writes how imbalances in the Chinese economy can have a disruptive political effects in the West. A must-read 👇
www.pism.pl/publications...
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December 13, 2024 at 8:24 AM
In 2023 Bashar al-Assad while in China signed a strategic partnership with Xi Jinping. It was to reinforce the stabilisation narrative in the Middle East and was a part of the cooperation with Russia.
The situation in Syria is therefore also a political problem for China and image problem for Xi. 👇
December 9, 2024 at 7:18 AM
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Trump picks former Senator David Perdue as ambassador to China – Reuters: ‘previously lived in Hong Kong during a 40-year career as a business executive.’
Trump says he picks former Senator David Perdue to be ambassador to China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he has chosen former Senator David Perdue to be ambassador to China.
www.reuters.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:42 AM