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The Dutch China Knowledge Network (CKN) is a network established to connect China experts and disseminate knowledge within the government of the Netherlands and beyond.
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The Eagle and the Dragon
As tensions between the United States and China continue to shape global politics, questions surrounding trade, technology, security, and Taiwan have become increasingly important. How does the Trump administration view its relationship with Beijing? What role does Taiwan play in US strategic thinking? And what are the implications for Europe? Drawing on his expertise in geopolitics, trade, and transatlantic relations, Rem Korteweg offered a Washington perspective on the future of US–China relations and the broader international order.
From China with Love?
China is often accused of (industrial) espionage. How do these claims stand up to scrutiny? Perhaps not too well. In this CKN Knowledge Session, China expert Fred Sengers argued that we often go too far in our fear of Chinese products and technology. Many concerns are actually phantom risks: they seem plausible at first glance, but upon closer inspection turn out not to exist. This distracts from where the real risks lie, fragments attention and resources, and leads to excluding Chinese products where it isn’t necessary at all.
Latest CKN Report Presentations
Understanding China's Export Controls
Export controls have evolved into key tools to maintain strategic economic advantages amid great-power competition. Within this development, China plays a key role as both a target of export controls, and increasingly as a proactive user of export controls itself. This report offers an in-depth analysis of China's legal framework, institutional structures, evolving rationale, and historical development in this domain.
China's Developing Country Status in International Climate Negotiations
China presents two faces to Europe in climate diplomacy. On the one hand, cooperation between the EU and China is essential for accelerating the global energy transition and reducing fossil-fuel dependencies. On the other hand, a key point of tension stands in the way: China’s unyielding adherence to its developing country status in forums such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). While the EU increasingly challenges this status on principled grounds, China defends it as a matter intrinsic to sovereignty, identity, and geopolitical positioning.
Latest CKN Interviews
Rem Korteweg on 'The Eagle and the Dragon'
Rem Korteweg leads the Geopolitics of Trade Programme and the Clingendael United States Programme at the Clingendael Institute. His research focuses on the intersection of foreign policy, trade, security, and industrial policy, with particular attention to Europe’s relations with the United States, China, and other global powers. Prior to joining Clingendael, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Reform in London and served as a strategic policy advisor at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He holds a PhD in International Relations from Leiden University and is a frequent commentator in Dutch and international media on geopolitics and international affairs.
Fred Sengers on 'From China with Love?'
Fred Sengers (born 1968) is a Dutch journalist and China expert. He worked as a freelancer for several media outlets and became a media editor at Adformatie in 1996. He later served as editor-in-chief of Incentive and MarketingTribune, and deputy editor-in-chief of Nieuwe Revu. He also worked in radio journalism with KRO programs. Since 2013, he has been an independent writer under “Blogaap,” focusing on China, and published a book in 2014.