China's Relations with Central and Eastern Europe: From "Old Comrades" to New Partners

"Cover" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of illustrations" -- "List of boxes" -- "Notes on contributors" -- "Preface" -- "List of abbreviations" -- "Introduction: contextualizing China–Central and Eastern European relations in the new era" -- "1 Westward ho – the China dream and "One Belt, One Road": Chinese foreign policy under Xi Jinping" -- "2 The "16 + 1 Cooperation" under the "Belt and Road" initiative" -- "3 Economic relations between China and Central and Eastern Europe: trade and investment issues" -- "4 From mutual understanding to a new paradigm of cooperation: China's public diplomacy toward CEECs" -- "5 CEECs–China: whose norms, whose values?" -- "6 EU's presence in CEECs and its impact on China–CEEC cooperation" -- "7 Czechia's relations with China: on a long road toward a real strategic partnership?" -- "8 Hungary and China relations" -- "9 Between central and local interdependence: dimensions of Poland's relations with China" -- "10 Sino-Romanian relations under the New World Order" -- "11 China's engagement in the Balkans: challenges and prospects from a geopolitical perspective" -- "Conclusion: toward a more promising partnership

Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: contextualizing China-Central and Eastern European relations in the new era Weiqing Song -- 1 Westward ho -- the China dream and One Belt, One Road: Chinese foreign policy under Xi Jinping Peter Ferdinand -- 2 The 16+1 Cooperation under the Belt and Road initiative Zuokui Liu -- 3 Economic relations between China and Central and Eastern Europe: trade and investment issues Agnes Szunomar Agnieszka Mccaleb Xin Chen -- 4 From mutual understanding to a new paradigm of cooperation: China's public diplomacy toward CEECs Lilei Song -- 5 CEECs -- China: whose norms, whose values? Stefan Auer Thomas Stiegler -- 6 EU's presence in CEECs and its impact on China-CEEC cooperation Ling Jin -- 7 Czechia's relations with China: on a long road toward a real strategic partnership? Rudolf Forst -- 8 Hungary and China relations Tamas Matura -- 9 Between central and local interdependence: dimensions of Poland's relations with China Dominik Mierzejewski -- 10 Sino-Romanian relations under the New World Order Iulia Monica Oehler-Sincai Liu Minru -- 11 China's engagement in the Balkans: challenges and prospects from a geopolitical perspective Junbo Jian -- Conclusion: toward a more promising partnership Weiqing Song Qichao Wang -- Index

"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 China's links with Central and Eastern Europe fit in to China's overall international relations strategies. It looks at economic and trade ties, diplomatic initiatives and the role of the European Union, and examines China's 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.???"--Provided by publisher