What Do Central and Eastern European Countries Want from China? Assessing 16+1 and Its Future
Josh Hickman
/ Ed. 9. 10. 2019
This briefing paper summarizes the views and comments of participants during the first China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE) International Working Seminar held on November 20-21, 2018, in Prague, Czech Republic.
The event constituted of China experts and foreign policy practitioners from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and observers and contributors from Brussels and Paris. Their aim was to discuss China’s involvement – economic, political or otherwise – in each of their countries, and help foster the region-wide debate on China’s presence and the real intent and activities of the 16+1 Initiative.
The event was organized by the Association for International Affairs (AMO) as a part of an international project mapping Chinese political and economic influence supported by the National Endowment for Democracy.
