ChinaObservers

CHOICE is an independent platform for monitoring & evaluating the influence of China in the CEE region.
Designed and run by @AMO_cz.
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✍️Nino Lezhava takes a closer look at Hualing Group's influence in Georgia and uses the example to reveal the broader dynamics of China's influence. Read the article 👉 https://t.co/A9Znhfozkf

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🤝We are grateful to all participants, experts (@jlandovsky, @jppjagannath1, @LionelFatton, @MayBritt_NFG, @AlicaKizekova, @ivana_karaskova & Jiří Šedivý), and organizers who contributed to making this year's Future CHOICE Summer School a valuable and inspiring experience. ☺️

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Today we are looking back to the third edition of the #FutureCHOICE #SummerSchool! Find out all about it👉https://t.co/JVTs82c3bH
Long story short 👇

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🎓 The program also offered one-on-one mentoring sessions, networking, and cultural exchange, bringing together a new generation of professionals interested in China, Europe, and global affairs.

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🌍 Due to their relative size, economic development, and strategic position, CEE countries are important places for the public and not-so-public work of China’s defense attachés. 👇https://t.co/xSpYfuWuJ2

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Today at CHOICE, Sense Egbert Hofstede maps Chinese military diplomacy in CEE👇
👀 Read the piece and see the interactive map🗺️ with names and ranks of PLA defense attachés 👉 https://t.co/xSpYfuWuJ2🧵

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📈 The presence in CEE is thus above the global average and only fails to reach 100 percent for political reasons.

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🌍 Is Europe facing its "Macedonian moment"? ✍@VanberghenEU explores the implications of the Trump–Xi summit for Europe’s strategic future.
👉As Washington and Beijing move toward managing rivalry through interdependence, space remains for the EU.
🔗 https://t.co/bKW2VXXvEC

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✍ Xi Jinping met Vladimir Putin right after meeting Donald Trump. In a must-read for all following the China-Russia cooperation and the war in Ukraine, @VitaGolod writes about what this meeting means for Ukraine.
👉 https://t.co/rZDqeJy2Aa
Originally published by The Diplomat.

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🗺️ Today we bring an illuminating comparison of CEE perspectives on China's newest Five-Year Plan by Selena Orly. ✍

Read the article and find out how the 15th FYP is perceived in different capitals & how it impacts their China policy👉 https://t.co/hBpLTKdtGY

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A big thanks to all our experts, participants, and organizers @AMO_cz ! Two more days are ahead..😉

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🌞Day 3 of #FutureCHOICE #SummerSchool started with a spot-on lecture by @MayBritt_NFG (The SPEAR Institute), who presented the military & political perspectives of how an Indo-Pacific conflict could affect Europe. @AMO_cz

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🗨️We continued with one-on-one mentoring sessions, where participants could consult our experts @MayBritt_NFG, @LionelFatton , @AlicaKizekova and @ivana_karaskova with their current career trajectories. The participants returned motivated by many new insights!

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🖼️ We closed the day with a tour of the Jesuit College Art Exhibitions and a group dinner wrapped up the evening. The AMO team can't wait look forward to the days ahead! 🚀

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📢 After two years, we return with the third edition of #FutureCHOICE #SummerSchool! This years' cohort is very engaged and ready to explore the most pressing questions of Europe's Indo-Pacific engagement.👩‍💼A recap of all the things we did👇@AMO_cz

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⚡Then we experienced a city-wide electricity blackout! Ass. Prof. @LionelFatton (Webster University, Meiji University), delivered his lecture on Japan's Indo-Pacific Playbook in a very unique outside setting.