The event was organized by the Association for International Affairs (AMO), Czech Republic, together with the Central and Eastern European Center for Asian Studies (CEECAS), Hungary, and the Institute for Asian Studies (IAS), Slovakia, as a part of ChinfluenCE, an international project mapping Chinese political and economic influence in Central Europe.

Through media content analysis it studies China’s image and its perception in the region. It identifies key agenda setters who shape the discourse, and subjects them to social network analysis in order to determine their views of China, clarify their motivations and scrutinize links among them. The project contains a strong comparative element as it focuses on China’s strategy across three different countries.

The ChinfluenCE research has been supported by the National Endowment for Democracy.