European Guanxi Podcast
The European Guanxi Podcast explores current affairs underpinning EU-China Relations. It includes interviews with experts on EU- China Foreign Policy and beyond, offering listeners critical insights into the challenges and opportunities that characterize EU-China dialogue.
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Translating Beijing: How Europe (Mis)Understands China with Lea Sahay (opens the original)
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In this episode, we welcome Lea Sahay, China correspondent for the German Süddeutsche Zeitung in Beijing. We talk about Lea’s experience as a journalist in a rapidly changing China over the past decade and explore what shapes Europe's image of China in a contradictory era of derisking, dancing robots, and China-maxing. We ask what European political delegations may miss about China’s societal model among high-tech factory tours, and look at the role journalism can play in translating a country f
Italy's Ambassador to China: Inside EU-China Relations (opens the original)
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In Conversation with Ambassador Massimo For centuries, Italy and China have been linked by explorers, missionaries, and traders, from Marco Polo's journey along the Silk Road to Matteo Ricci's arrival during the Ming dynasty. Today, that relationship is carried forward through the essential role of diplomats, described by Ambassador Ambrosetti as "intellectuals in action," balancing intellectual and cultural depth with concrete, strategic results. How does the current security and strategic envi
EU-China Relations: A Mid-2026 Assessment | Jing Qian & Philippe Le Corre (opens the original)
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PARIS, July 9, 2026 — In this inaugural episode of the European Guanxi × Asia Society Policy Institute Center for China Analysis podcast series, host Xaver Haack, Secretary-General of European Guanxi, sits down with Jing Qian, vice president of the Asia Society and co-founder and managing director of the Center for China Analysis; and Philippe Le Corre, senior fellow for Foreign Policy and National Security at the Center for China Analysis, to unpack the state of EU-China relations in mid-2026.
Inside the WTO: Chinese and European Reform Approaches (opens the original)
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The WTO is supposed to govern global trade relations. But that promise is increasingly under strain. Unilateral tariffs, a paralysed dispute settlement mechanism and deepening rivalry between major powers have pushed the WTO into deadlock, with reform now firmly on the agenda. What is really behind the WTO’s current crisis? How can China and the EU be characterised within it? What is important to consider when advancing WTO reform? And where does that leave the rest of the world, particularly th
China's Influence in European Ports (opens the original)
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How can the EU balance economic pragmatism with strategic prudence when facing a growing Chinese interest in European seaports? What does it mean when China acquires port authority, and how can the EU react? Increasingly, Beijing's investment in European ports has revealed a sensitive structural dilemma, exposing not only differences between EU Member States but also a lack of a comprehensive strategy that organises an adequate response guaranteeing European interests. In this episode, Kiara Lin
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