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China: Europe through the Balkans
Beijing's presence in the Western Balkans is an issue that Brussels must address soon. The lack of investment in this region by the European Union, let China complete this part…
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Bribe as a Weapon: Corruption as a Tool of Expansion
Corruption is generally thought to cripple the economy and reduce foreign investment quote required for economic development. Russia and China have managed to see corruption as a window of opportunity…
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Italian foreign policy: Turkey and China possible ‘dangerous’ friends
Italy is promoting its strategic importance for the Belt and Road Initiative and the European energy market boosting its diplomatic and commercial relations with China and Turkey. Despite the fact…
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Prospects for China’s further worldwide expansion
China’s constant expansion in the world is increasing. Within a 20-year period Beijing has managed to strengthen its economic positions significantly in virtually all parts of the world, and, in…
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China Fights for Central and Eastern Europe Expansion
In 2012 when China hosted the Central and Eastern Europe countries first summit in the ‘16+1’ format (China, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,…
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China in Southeast Asia: Competition on the Verge of a Conflict
Southeast Asia is a region that differs from other places in the world where China pursues its expansion policy in struggling for resources and influence. Although the PRC acts in…
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China in Latin America: Raw Materials and Unachieved Ambitions
In the early century, China trumpeted a large economic expansion into Latin America. The region, however, did not neocolonize under the African scenario. China keeps on investing and expanding its…
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China in Central Asia: Russia Driven Out
Central Asia is one of the priority regions in China's expansion strategy. Among key tasks Beijing is going to complete in the region concern energy supply, access to mineral resources,…
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China on its Way to Unify Africa
The African continent is a key region where China is expanding and turning to the most important player. ‘The South-South’ strategy is being successfully implemented and, probably, by 2050 China…
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China: how to exchange the host and the guest roles
Stratagem 30 of an ancient Chinese military treatise says, ‘Find an entrance and move forward until you usurp leadership’. It means to seize an initiative and power by progressively slow…