It would be very interesting to see this diagram in parallel with the same graph for the attitudes towards Russia, as it seems that there would be a significant overlap in some cases (for example, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Lithuania), but I would expect a big shift towards upper-right part overall.
Portugal thought it is another map of Europe and took its usual place
Portugal, why?
European countries*
This graph puts UK and Germany on the same level, but I disagree with that mainly because the UK has been more hawkish, atleast in the recent years, with China in trying to call out it’s influence and restricting companies like Huawei in critical telecom infrastructure, whereas Germany has taken a more dovish view on China, considering Germany is a goods export economy, with China being a major customer for German manufactured goods.
So…an educated quess from people in the field not empirical methods so their personal biases are at front here.
Yeah, no thank you. I prefer empirical proof. You can be best expert in something but I don’t care about your gut feeling.
Spain is missing.
EU states*
Interesting graph. It seem for those states that want to focus on deepening ties, China at the same time is of low political revelance.
Nice to see my country on right side of the force (imo).
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Source: https://merics.org/en/report/china-strategy-no-strategy-all-exploring-diversity-european-approaches
Source: Survey among authors?
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It would be very interesting to see this diagram in parallel with the same graph for the attitudes towards Russia, as it seems that there would be a significant overlap in some cases (for example, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Lithuania), but I would expect a big shift towards upper-right part overall.
Portugal thought it is another map of Europe and took its usual place
Portugal, why?
European countries*
This graph puts UK and Germany on the same level, but I disagree with that mainly because the UK has been more hawkish, atleast in the recent years, with China in trying to call out it’s influence and restricting companies like Huawei in critical telecom infrastructure, whereas Germany has taken a more dovish view on China, considering Germany is a goods export economy, with China being a major customer for German manufactured goods.
So…an educated quess from people in the field not empirical methods so their personal biases are at front here.
Yeah, no thank you. I prefer empirical proof. You can be best expert in something but I don’t care about your gut feeling.
Spain is missing.
EU states*
Interesting graph. It seem for those states that want to focus on deepening ties, China at the same time is of low political revelance.
Nice to see my country on right side of the force (imo).
Austria/Spain, back to the good old times 😂