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China-CEE Relations: Dividing Line or Business as Usual?. Richard Turcsányi (Visiting Fellow at EIAS). Population , 2012 ( thousands ). GDP in 2012 (PPP, billions of USD). GDP per capita (PPP, 2013 USD). CEE-China trade (million USD). CEE16 exports to China, proportions.
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China-CEE Relations: Dividing Line or Business as Usual? Richard Turcsányi (Visiting Fellow at EIAS)
16+1 platform • Budapest 2011: First China-CEE Economic and Trade Forum • “five-point proposal” • Warsaw 2012: First China-CEE leaders’ summit • “12-point initiative” • Bucharest 2013: Bucharest Guidelines
Motivation • China: “Political goals with economic means” • CEE16: “Catch up with the West”