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17+1 and Beyond: Understanding China’s Growing Footprint in Central and Eastern Europe

What draws China to Central and Eastern Europe?

By Ankit Panda
April 21, 2020
17+1 and Beyond: Understanding China’s Growing Footprint in Central and Eastern Europe
Credit: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office

The Diplomat‘s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) speaks to Ivana Karásková, a China Research Fellow and a Project Coordinator at the Association for International Affairs (AMO) in Prague, about China’s geopolitical interests in Central and Eastern Europe. Karásková is one of the authors of a recent policy paper titled ‘Empty shell no more: China’s growing footprint in Central and Eastern Europe.’

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