People mostly say that the risks and benefits are balanced, so they do not recognize that economic relationship with China as particularly risky and therefore requiring some rebalancing
Media mentions – Asia
The exchange [between Xi Jinping and Putin] neatly encapsulates the contemporary Chinese way of thinking about the emerging global order – or, rather, disorder
In the climate scenarios we are heading towards, with all the hard choices about decarbonisation, adaptation, loss and damage, these choices will fundamentally be made in Asia
China is trying to establish itself as a privileged partner of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries in the energy transition, threatening European leadership in this domain
On paper, the signing of a strategic partnership upgrades Palestine’s bilateral relations with China to the same levels as those enjoyed by Morocco and Jordan
Rhetoric aside, China has shown no willingness to invest serious diplomatic capital in the thankless task of trying to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
The Ukrainians have made it very clear in their communication that they reject the Chinese peace plan
The prevailing view in almost every country included in our survey is that the risks and benefits of Europe’s trade and investment relations with China are balanced
Jana Puglierin and Pawel Zerka comment on how Europeans perceive China according to their latest polling report