This book considers how China’s links with Central and Eastern Europe fit in to China’s overall international relations strategies. It looks at economic and trade ties, diplomatic initiatives and the role of the European Union, and examines China’s bilateral relations with the different states of the region.

1. Westward ho—the China Dream and ‘one belt, one road’: Chinese Foreign Policy Under Xi Jinping2. The "16+1 Cooperation" under the "Belt and Road" Initiative3. Economic Relations between China and Central and Eastern Europe: Trade and Investment Issues4. From Mutual Understanding to a New Paradigm of Cooperation: China’s Public Diplomacy toward CEECs5. CEECs-China: Whose Norms, Whose Values? 6. EU’s presence in CEECs and its impact on China-CEEC cooperation7. Czechia’s Relations with China: on a Long Road toward a Real Strategic Partnership? 8. Hungary and China Relations9. Between Central and Local Interdependence: Dimensions of Poland’s Relations with China10. Sino-Romanian Relations under the New World Order, Iulia Monica Oehler-Şincai11. China’s Engagement in the Balkans: Challenges and Prospects from a Geopolitical Perspective