Events

The European China Knowledge Network (ECKN) is a collaborative initiative founded by the China Knowledge Network (CKN), MERICS, and the Swedish National China Centre. This seminar, the fourth in ECKN’s founding series, will reflect on the value of policy-relevant knowledge exchange on China at the EU level.

The European China Knowledge Network (ECKN) is a collaborative initiative founded by the China Knowledge Network (CKN), MERICS, and the Swedish National China Centre. This seminar, the fourth in ECKN’s founding series, will reflect on the value of policy-relevant knowledge exchange on China at the EU level.

This was the launch event of the new China Knowledge Network (CKN) report which examines why China insists on maintaining its developing country (DC) status in international climate negotiations - and how the Netherlands and the EU can strategically and pragmatically respond.

In this Knowledge Session, Tom Hancock, expert on Chinese political economy and co-founder of CP Global Insight, presented findings from a research project examining China’s emerging state-led policy and financing system for industrial decarbonization.

Ervaar je in je werk dat de relatie met China zich ontwikkelt van partnerschap en concurrentie naar systeemrivaliteit? Vraag je je af wat dit betekent voor het ministerie, de provincie of gemeente waar je werkzaam bent? De driedaagse CKN China Cursus vergroot je begrip van China en helpt je de complexe relatie met China vorm te geven in beleid. Deze cursus belicht de rol van China in de actuele, existentiële uitdagingen voor Europa en Nederland.

In this CKN knowledge session, Prof. dr. Florian Schneider (sinologist and Academic Director of the Leiden Asia Centre and Professor Modern China at Leiden University) provided insight into how people in Taiwan think about and respond to disinformation in the context of AI – and what lessons this might hold for Europe.

This was the launch event of a new CKN report titled Sustainable Built Environment Cooperation Between the Netherlands and China by Jos Brouwers and Bowen Xu.

The European China Knowledge Network (ECKN) is a collaborative initiative founded by the China Knowledge Network (CKN), MERICS, and the Swedish National China Centre. This seminar, the fourth in ECKN’s founding series, will reflect on the value of policy-relevant knowledge exchange on China at the EU level.

This was the launch event of a new China Knowledge Network (CKN) report on China’s Development Finance, twenty years after Chinese policy banks began their major expansion into the Global South.

In this CKN knowledge session, Floriske Deutman-Bodisco Massink (sinologist and chair of the Foundation for Energy Transition & Nuclear Power) provides insight into the scale, motivations, and implications of China’s nuclear ambitions.

Amid accelerating global change, it is essential for the EU to recalibrate its external relations. This year marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic EU-China relations. As Von der Leyen stated in Davos 2025, “It is time to pursue a more balanced relationship with China”. What does this new balance mean for Europe, and how should we achieve it? To explore these questions further, we will organise the ReConnect China Conference 2025: Rebalancing EU-China Relations in an Age of Global Turmoil in collaboration with the ReConnect China consortium.

This was the launch event of a new Clingendael China Knowledge Network (CKN) report on the emergence, networks, and challenges of new Chinese civil society organizations (CCSOs) in Europe, with a particular focus on the Netherlands.