Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by LOOTS Elsabe
The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian forces has led to the most aggressive financial sanctions by Western countries against another country in modern history.
Two financial sanctions stand out in particular. Firstly, the decision to block the majority of Russian banks from SWIFT, the (...)
, by AU Loong-yu
Au Loong-yu explores China’s response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Xi, please ask Putin to withdraw his troops...
And honour your promise of “respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations” – a promise first made by China in the 1955 Bandung Conference, where many (...)
, by MAGNIER Mark
• US spy chief William Burns says Xi’s own intelligence community ‘doesn’t appear to have told him what was going to happen’
• US officials admit that, despite predicting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion plans, they had underestimated Ukraine’s ability to defend itself
China (...)
, by HU Wei
Hu Wei is the vice-chairman of the Public Policy Research Center of the Counselor’s Office of the State Council, the chairman of Shanghai Public Policy Research Association, the chairman of the Academic Committee of the Chahar Institute, a professor, and a doctoral supervisor. To read more by (...)
, by JI Siqi
• As the invasion continues, Beijing’s ability to distance itself from the dispute is becoming harder, potentially damaging its economic ambitions
• China could face secondary sanctions or at the very least ‘reputational costs’ due to the perception it is helping prop up the Russian economy (...)
, by CHEN Yan, SUN Jiang, WANG Lixin, XU Guoqi, ZHONG Weimin
This petition now circulating among Chinese academics on Chinese social media is being now censored by China’s Internet overseers.
The WeChat social media URL address of this petition was soon replaced by this illegal content warning [not reproduced here].
The official PRC attitude seems (...)
, by NI Adam
Chinese Source (Xinhua): http://www.news.cn/2022-02/25/c_1128417363.htm
Russian source (TASS): https://tass.ru/politika/13859443
Introduction by Adam Ni, translations by Adam Ni (Chinese) and Anastasiia Rudkovska (Russian)
Introduction
An hour ago (evening February 25, Beijing time), (...)
Prime Minister Theresa May is currently visiting China to strengthen the UK’s relations with Beijing. In a press conference at the Great Hall of the People, she reiterated the UK’s commitment to intensify the “golden partnership” with China and said the UK was “a natural partner” for China’s (...)
Chinese investments in Europe have surged in recent years, totaling €35 billion in 2016. This paper examines the nature and scope of Chinese investments, how investments in Europe differ to those made in the Global South, why the Chinese state is interested in investing in the Europe and the (...)
, by KARNITSCHNIG Matthew
China is investing heavily in countries that might one day join the EU.
BELGRADE — In the thick of a discussion about the future of the Balkans, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić jumped from his chair, unfurled a wall-sized map and spread it across the thick mauve carpet in his private (...)
, by HANKE Jakob, PARAVICINI Giululia, VON DER BURCHARD Hans
The world’s biggest exporting nation and the world’s biggest trade bloc have pulled back from a tit-for-tat tariff war, for now.
One year ago, Europe was charging toward a trade war with China.
Spurred on by some of the Continent’s biggest companies, the European Parliament and the (...)
Politics is always entwined with economics and often produce strange and unforeseen results. With the UK withdrawal of membership from the European Union and Donald Trump’s isolationist US policies, it seems they have both relinquished their role as leaders of the globalisation process. On the (...)
Chinese leaders had a packed Valentine’s Day this year. Xi Jinping, the new leader-in-waiting, toured the US in an effort to develop a rapport with American leaders, while back in Beijing, Wen Jiabao hosted Herman Van Rompuy and José Manuel Barroso as part of the EU-China Summit.
The main (...)
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