| ID | 169128 |
| Title Proper | Introduction |
| Other Title Information | new perspectives on China – Central and Eastern Europe relations |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Vangeli, Anastas ; Pavlićević, Dragan ; Dragan Pavlićević |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | China’s relations with Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have been progressively attracting attention in recent years. In the last decade, China sought to restore the “bridges” (Wasserstrom 2000) with the region that had existed in the period 1949–1989. Chinese policymakers have long contemplated their “return” to CEE (Tubilewicz 1998); however, they have found the right opportunity only in the period after the global financial crisis. The first trade and investment summit of China and the sixteen countries in the region—Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, (North) Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia—took place in Budapest in 2011. In 2012, the first summit of the heads of governments of China and the sixteen (collectively known as 16+1) took place in Warsaw. Ever since, these summits have been taking place once a year, while a web of coordinating institutions and mechanisms spanning a number of policy fields has been also established. There is now a whole new universe of interactions involving governmental actors on the national, regional/provincial, and local levels, state-owned and private enterprises, think tank(er)s, and media professionals, as well as other people-to-people exchanges, which now take place with growing frequency and contribute to development of China–CEE relations. |
| `In' analytical Note | Asia Europe Journal Vol. 17, No.4; Dec 2019: p.361–368 |
| Journal Source | Asia Europe Journal Vol: 17 No 4 |
| Key Words | China – Central and Eastern Europe Relations |