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Daily Briefing| December 27 2017

Chinese investment in eastern EU will test cohesion

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Publisher: Oxford Analytica
Online ISSN: 2633-304X
© Oxford Analytica 2020. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice or recommendations that may be relied on. Where links to external websites are provided, this does not indicate that Oxford Analytica or Emerald agree with, endorse or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites.
2017
Expert Briefings (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB227701
Subject

Chinese investment in CEE.

Significance

At a meeting in Budapest in late November, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and 16 Central-East Europe (CEE) leaders agreed plans for 3 billion dollars of Chinese investment in the region. This and the event itself were symbolic of Chinese economic ambitions in CEE, part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Impacts

Far smaller in volume, Chinese investment may appear to balance out EU funds, allowing more political wriggle room for CEE leaders.

Chinese investment will directly challenge Russia’s economic influence, allowing CEE countries more foreign policy latitude.

Chinese investment is likely to help sustain oligarchic power structures across the region.

Competition for Chinese investments will further erode solidarity, especially in the Visegrad group.

Keywords: Eastern Europe, China, EUR, EU, Hungary, Balkans, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, AP, EUROPE/CHINA, economy, industry, international relations, politics, aid, foreign investment, foreign policy, infrastructure, banking, corporate, debt, employment, energy, espionage, government, railway, regulation, transport
© Oxford Analytica 2020. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice or recommendations that may be relied on. Where links to external websites are provided, this does not indicate that Oxford Analytica or Emerald agree with, endorse or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites.
2017
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