Thanks to Deutsche Welle X-Space, Cassandra Foresight was featured in an online discussion today if “China’s great EV army enters Europe. Really?” (中国电动车大军压境欧洲！？ 真的吗？)
Along with Dr. Daniel Kirchert, co-founder of the electric vehicle brand BYTON, former CEO of Evergrande Automobile, and Vice President of Finance and President of Swiss NOYO Automobile Company, we discussed
Europe’s anti-dumping investigation plans,
e-mobility market chances in Europe,
… and much more. Log in and listen to this discussion in Chinese for an hour, including an inspiring Q&A towards the end.
Everybody discusses it but hardly anyone analyses what is actually behind the connections and strategies of security and narratives in the EU and China.
This paper aims to to highlight the connections between narratives and political risks in the context of EU-China tensions. Consequently, it analyses the interests in constructing, disseminating, and receiving information about narratives versus facts and compares them in their individual strategies. The paper closes with a brief conclusion of the current status quo of security and narratives in the EU and China, and it gives inspiration for more relevant knowledge in the field of political risk management or to handle “geopolitical” risks – a topic the EU Commission has set as its top slogan under Ursula von der Leyen since 2019.
The author argues that “Constructed narratives designed as a weapon will find an open door to walk into Europe and neither meet sufficient, current, nor strategically comprehensive risk awareness education or joint defence tools in the EU or some of its member states.” and that “(…) the Chinese government, with its numerous tools such as laws, information censorship, security hotlines to report suspicious behaviour of others and many more, seems to be hypersensitive to political risks given the stability of its political leadership”.
More information about the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), a group of Sinologists and scientists to approach the topic of narratives between the EU and China, and Cassandra Foresight here.
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Picture copyright: E. Mohr-Laiche, 2022. Description of Scholz German travel group (left to right): Christian Sewing (Deutsche Bank), Martin Brudermüller (BASF), Roland Busch (Siemens), Xi Jinping (Great Leader), Oliver Simon (Volkswagen), Belén Garijo (Merck)
With a group of European scientists for EU-China relations, Cassandra Foresight will participate in an opening panel discussion on “Narrating Europe and China: The Role of European Narratives of the EU-China Relationship” at the UACES 2022 conference in Lille/ France on September 5, 2022.
Chaired by Lin Goethals (European Institute for Asian Studies), four scholars including Duncan Freeman (Vrije Universteit Brussel), Ágota Revesz (Technische Universität Berlin), Chi Zhang (University of St Andrews), Steven Langendonk (KU Leuven), and Sabine Yang-Schmidt (Cassandra Foresight) will discuss the role of narratives in EU-China relations.
UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) is the global membership organisation for academics, students and practitioners who are interested in all aspects of Europe and the European Union. Click here to learn more about UACES.
The annual UACES conference takes place in Lille/ France between September 5-8, 2022.
Please feel free to contact us for any questions. More about Cassandra Foresight’s expertise on China:
Going international, simple but secure – manage political risks in international projects with a focus on Africa.
On September 2, the IHK Potsdam Chamber of Commerce and Industry will prepare enterprises from Brandenburg to access new markets in Africa. The Africa Working Group offers small to medium sized firms an overview of current topics to invest in Africa, manage cooperations with African partners and more. In addition to a recent Workshop on political risk management in international business, Cassandra Foresight will now set a spotlight on the evaluation of risks and chances in Sub-Saharan African states.
Date: 02. September 2022; time: 10.00-13.00 pm Organiser: IHK Potsdam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Language: German
Globally, political interests are having an increasingly obvious influence on economic strategies. Politics does not only have a direct impact on the economy, for example, through the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act. Dealing with regional conflicts, corruption or extortion with raw materials are also moving into the focus of internationally operating companies. Are you interested in ways to diversify your business and want to know how political influences on the economy can be safely incorporated into an internationalization strategy?
Diversification, internationalization, and risk…
Today, political risk management is as much a part of any foreign business as the analysis of financial risks. With its specialisation on “Political Risk Management – Focus on Africa”, Cassandra Foresight provides an overview of current problem areas and options for action for small and medium-sized companies in African business. Practical methods of political risk management with a focus on Sub-Saharan markets will be presented to companies and tips will be given on how to successfully deal with political influences on businesses abroad.
Participation is free of charge. Target group of this event are enterprises from Brandenburg.
Please use the following IHK Potsdam website links for more information:
