Almost two years in the making, over 100 interviews with Chinese thinkers, hours and hours of reading, and here it is: our latest long read, a new @ecfr book publication shedding light on recent developments in China! 👇👇👇👇👇👇

Europeans should acknowledge the consequential strategic challenges posed by China’s integration of economic and technological tools into geopolitical statecraft, write @a_bachulska and @ivana_karaskova @ECFRAsia @AMO_cz @chinaobservers https://t.co/Jw0GUYsJK9

Win, lose or draw in Ukraine, Russia will continue to receive Chinese support, write @a_bachulska and @ivana_karaskova @ECFRAsia @AMO_cz @chinaobservers https://t.co/26LLwhEDcZ

Europe “must forge a new China policy on the basis that the country is deliberately prolonging the war on their continent.” Important read by @ivana_karaskova and @a_bachulska https://t.co/t2c1uSlOCy

@a_bachulska @ivana_karaskova @ecfr @chinaobservers @AMO_cz Europeans must forge a new China policy on the basis that the country is deliberately prolonging war on their continent.

@a_bachulska @ivana_karaskova @ecfr @chinaobservers @AMO_cz No “reverse Nixon” policy by the West—to peel Russia away from China—is possible. Europeans should also resist any temptation to believe they can alter Chinese calculations vis-à-vis Russia.

@a_bachulska @ivana_karaskova @ecfr @chinaobservers @AMO_cz Win, lose or draw in Ukraine, Russia will continue to receive Chinese support. There is nothing in China’s strategic positioning to suggest Beijing would cease to extend this support to Moscow.

@a_bachulska @ivana_karaskova @ecfr @chinaobservers @AMO_cz In the international arena, this means that China’s relationship with Russia is its most important partnership as it faces off against the US.

@a_bachulska @ivana_karaskova @ecfr @chinaobservers @AMO_cz The officially endorsed philosophy of the country’s statecraft heralds “great changes unseen in a century”. It assumes the decline of the West—but acknowledges continued American hegemony.

Under Chinese leader Xi Jinping, China places security above all other policy implications. In their latest paper, @a_bachulska & @ivana_karaskova analyse the China-Russia nexus and European security. @ecfr @chinaobservers @AMO_cz https://t.co/SgLwjcbCSe

Ok, po całym dniu emocji, mój fact-checking o Małaszewiczach, dronach i Chinczykach. Słyszałem wiele teorii, zajmijmy się nimi po kolei 👇 1. CZY MIN WANG PRZYJECHAŁ NAGLE? Wizyta 🇨🇳 Min. Wang Yi była planowana dużo wcześniej, prace trwały od miesięcy, w ramach mechanizmu

Europeans require a sober and strategically grounded understanding of China’s long-term behaviour patterns—including how its domestic system drives its international posture, write @a_bachulska and @ivana_karaskova @ECFRAsia @AMO_cz https://t.co/RIJEV3kDmR

Ludzie, mówiłem to już sto razy, będzie sto pierwszy. Małaszewicze w szczytowym momencie w 2021 r obsługiwały 6 PROMILI chińskiego handlu ogółem (6/1000), ok. 4% handlu Chiny-UE. Teraz to poniżej 3 promili. Jak usłyszycie gdzieś, że to 50% handlu 🇨🇳, to możecie wyłączyć TV.

Interesting day at CHOICE! Today we are organizing a workshop on China, Russia, and the Strategic Blind Spots of Europe based on research by @ivana_karaskova & @a_bachulska, moderated by @J_Jakobowski. Thanks to @ecfr @OSW_eng @MercatorDE @AMO_cz

3⃣ Koleją do Europy trafia tylko kilka promil całości chińskiego eksportu w skali roku. Dosłownie: promili. Zamknięcie granicy na kilka dni jest niezauważalne dla chińskiej gospodarki. Wizerunkowo to inna sprawa, ale nie na tyle, aby Pekin kiwnął palcem w/s wojny na Ukrainie.

2⃣ Powodem jej zorganizowania jest potrzeba skontrowania wizyty Lin Chiu-lung, tajwańskiego ministra spr. zagr., który w tym samym czasie zaczyna podróż do Czech, Niemiec, Francji i Niderlandów, w ramach też planowanego od dawna programu promowania tajwańskiej kultury. ⏬

Widzę, że w związku z wizytą Wang Yi w Europie dotknęła wielu nadczynność wyobraźni. Dlatego krótka niteczka w tym temacie. 👇 1⃣ Podróż była planowana od miesięcy. Za nim pojawiły się rosyjskie drony i zanim zapadła decyzja o zamknięciu granicy z Białorusią. ⏬

A tymczasem nad chińskimi miastami roje dronów wyświetlają obrazy przyjaźni chińsko-rosyjskiej (a za okrzyk 'Rosja to najeźdźca' policja zgarnia kogoś z chodnika)

"China is focused on its rivalry with the US, Europe is second place" - In the podcast ‘Darum China!’ of @UniJena, @a_bachulska discusses China-CEE relations & their implications for the EU. 🎧 The episode is also available on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. https://t.co/kLeaga150Z

"There has been a rethink of strategic challenges that are tied to China's industrial and security policy," comments @a_bachulska on the EU's current perception of China. Watch the full interview on DW ⬇️ https://t.co/PbwyJFjY75

Quick take on EU-China (or China-EU) climate joint statement: We'll do more of the same and we'll commit to make some commitments later. vs. last joint statement back in 2021 - in which China stated that they were going to 'strictly control coal consumption (which it didn't)