Relations between China and Central and Eastern European countries, sometimes referred to as the relations of 16 + 1, have progressed rapidly in the past few years, capturing the attention of China, Europe and the world. This book on Chinas relations with Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Professor Weiqing Song, provides timely and comprehensive answers to some of the key questions raised by scholars and the broader public, and will thus contribute to better mutual understanding between China and Europe.
Hong Zhou, Senior Research Fellow and Academician, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; President, Chinese Association of European Studies
Chinas Relations with Central and Eastern Europe
As China rises as an economic and an international power, new relationships are being forged with all areas of the world, including Central and Eastern Europe. This book explores how this relationship is developing. It considers how Chinas links with Central and Eastern Europe fit in to Chinas overall international relations strategies. It looks at economic and trade ties, diplomatic initiatives and the role of the European Union, and examines Chinas bilateral relations with the different states of the region. These relationships are particularly interesting because before the end of communism in Eastern Europe China had many direct links with the countries of the region.
Weiqing Song is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Macau, China.
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Names: Song, Weiqing, 1969 editor.
Title: Chinas relations with Central and Eastern Europe : from old
comrades to new partners / edited by Weiqing Song.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018. | Series:
Routledge contemporary China series ; 172 | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017011149| ISBN 9780415786867 (hardback) |
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Subjects: LCSH: ChinaForeign relationsEurope, Eastern. |
ChinaForeign relationsEurope, Central. | ChinaForeign economic
relationsEurope, Eastern. | Europe, EasternForeign economic
relationsChina. | ChinaForeign economic relationsEurope, Eastern. |
Europe, CentralForeign economic relationsChina. | ChinaForeign
economic relationsEurope, Central.
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Auer, Stefan : Associate Professor and Director of European Studies, Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies at the University of Hong Kong. His book Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (Routledge 2004) won the prize for Best Book in European Studies (2005) with the University Association for Contemporary European Studies.
Chen, Xin : Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, where he is Head of the Department of Economic Studies. His research focuses on European economic integration, European economy, ChinaEU economic and trade relations, as well as Central Eastern European studies and ChinaCEE cooperation. He holds a PhD in International Politics from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Ferdinand, Peter : Reader in Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK. He studied Russian and French at Oxford and Russian Government at the LSE, before completing a DPhil on Soviet politics in the 1920s. On the way, he also studied at Kiev University in Ukraine and at Harvard University. He has taught at Warwick since 1976 and has also been a British Academy Research Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. Between 1989 and 1993 he was on secondment to the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, where he was Head of the Asia-Pacific Programme. In 19931994 he was a specialist adviser to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee enquiry into UK relations with China up to and after the hand-over of Hong Kong in 1997. In 20032004 he was Acting Chair of PAIS Department at Warwick.