China in Central Europe : seeking allies, creating tensions
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Bibliographic Information
China in Central Europe : seeking allies, creating tensions
（New horizons in East Asian politics / series editors, Richard W. Hu, Andrew T.H. Tan）
Edward Elgar Pub., c2022
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Available at 1 libraries
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explores China's policy towards the European Union, using the case study of four member states from Central Europe: Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. Gabriela Pleschova documents China's strategic approach to engaging with these countries bilaterally and multilaterally, through intensified diplomatic and soft-power campaigns, upgrading them to strategic partners, offering loans and promising investments.
China in Central Europe outlines how this particular approach has proven to be ineffective. Despite the allocation of significant resources to the development of relations with Central Europe, Pleschova argues that there is limited enthusiasm for China outside of a narrow circle of policy makers and business people who profit from engagement with China. Instead, Chinese influence has stirred criticism and created tensions among other groups, such as between Czech politicians and the local expert community on China, or among Hungarian citizens distrustful of their own government. Pleschova further argues that China has not impacted how Central Europe's representatives vote in the European Parliament and that support from some elites in Central Europe does not translate into wider backing for China in the EU. China can influence Central European countries' policy to some extent; however, if a fundamental issue arises, countries harden their position towards Beijing.
Utilizing social science concepts to explain the puzzles from China-Central Europe relations, this book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of international relations, Chinese studies, EU politics, and international law, as well as political and social scientists more generally. It will also be useful for professionals engaged in foreign policy decision-making.
Table of Contents
Contents: 1. China's approach to Central Europe: Why China chose to target the four Central European states 2. China's unconvincing soft power campaign in Central Europe 3. Identifying with someone other than the West: Hungarians' belonging and Orban's unique China policy 4. Influencing Central European states through strategic partnerships: The case of Poland 5. Scholars' distrust of China: The influence of academics on the Czech Republic's China policy 6. Significant conversations on Slovakia's cybersecurity: China, Huawei and the struggle for the country's political orientation 7. China's attempts to impact EU decision making through Central Europe: The case of the EU's refusal to grant China Market Economy Status Eszter Simon and Gabriela Pleschova 8. China's relations with the Visegrad Four in a broader context Index
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