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Chinese Foreign Policy in Central Europe
Havrda, Vojtěch ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
This paper analyzes new phenomenon of regionalism in Chinese foreign policy in Central Europe. After introducing the theoretical concept of Chinese regional foreign politics, 16+1 cooperation platfrorm is described. The regional platform refers to a mechanism of cooperation between China and sixteen Central and Eastern European countries, which was formed after the Warsaw summit took place in 2012. For the purpose of the research, the region was narrowed to the Central Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary). The paper aims to find out whether Chinese foreign policy in Central Europe has been succesfull, which will be measured by analyzing by China's ability to achieve its declared goals. These were made public at the Warsaw summit in 2012. Moreover, using five different criteria (mutual political treaties, institutionalization of the bilateral relations, frequency of high political meetings, attendance of representatives at the 16+1 platform summits and the size of mutual trade), the paper describes the dynamics of bilateral relationships between China and the Central European countries. After analyzing which declared goals had been achieved and looking at the dynamics of the bilateral relations, the paper concludes that Chinese foreign policy in Central Europe has not been succesfull,...
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Human Rights in China´s African Policy
Fiala, Petr ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
The thesis deals with the analysis of the importance of human rights issues in China's foreign policy in Africe. Its aim is to assess the importance of this issue in relations between China and Africa, and the perspective of changes of its importance in the further development of these relations. The thesis examines, how the Chinese stance on human rights is reflected in its foreign policy in Africa, and what impacts on their relations it has. In addition, it estimates how the further development influences Chinese approach to the issue of human rights. At first, the work analyzed the human rights issue and the International human rights regime. Then it studied the special African and Chinese stance on the issue of human rights. Further it analyzed Chinese foreign policy, and the projecting of the human rights issue into the foreign policy. Then the work analyzed the relations between China and Africa, and the significance of human rights issue in it. Finally, the thesis deals with the changing of the Chinese approach to human rights in Africa.
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China and Africa: the partnership rediscovered and the implications for the European Union
Kopecká, Petra ; Adamcová, Lenka (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
China is becoming an increasingly important actor in international political and economic relations. The pace of Chinese economic growth triggers a progressively growing demand for natural resources. After launching the "open-door" policy in the Chinese modern history (which attracted the important sources of capital inflows), the Chinese government introduced a "go-out" strategy for the Chinese companies to integrate them into the global structures. This strategy has its direct impacts on developing countries, where the Chinese presence is apparent the most. China is cooperating with all of the developing regions; however, sixty-year long cooperation with Africa is outstanding in many ways. In this continent China has to encounter other traditional actors -- European Union above all, as Africa constitutes a centrepiece in European development cooperation policy. The aim of this master thesis is to describe the shape and evolution of long-term Sino-African relations into today's "strategic partnership", which is being regarded as "rediscovered" in this thesis, and to conclude with the implications for the EU policy. To achieve this, the thesis is divided into three chapters. First chapter deals with the theoretical basis for the shape of Sino-African relations, in broad terms of Chinese foreign policy towards developing countries. The second chapter looks onto actual, mainly economic and developmental, impacts of the Chinese "go-out" strategy on Africa. The thesis indicates the approach of the European Union to the rediscovered partnership.
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