EU-China relations

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published: 12.05.2025

How Europe is throwing the strategic communication game with China and how it could go all in

Grzegorz Stec

European capitals are giving Beijing too much leeway to shape public perceptions of bilateral diplomatic exchanges, says Grzegorz Stec in his recent analysis on European resilience vis-à-vis China. There are several steps European countries can take to make their messages clearer and more forceful.

 

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Grzegorz Stec

Head of Brussels Office at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)

EU-China relations; Central and Eastern Europe-China relations