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Matteo Garavoglia

Matteo Garavoglia

Matteo Garavoglia is professor of practice at the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is also research associate at the University of Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations. His research work focuses on European integration, European Union foreign policy and Europe-China relations.  

By cosying up to Hungary’s Orban and Serbia’s Vucic, two leaders with possibly the worst reputations in Europe, China risks tarnishing its image in return for superficial and short-term gains.

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Beijing views relations as challenging but satisfactory, while Brussels is deeply unhappy about the trade imbalance and distrustful of China’s ties with Russia. How China handles its trade with Europe and its diplomacy around the Ukraine and Middle East conflicts will be the ultimate testing grounds.

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