Chinese Foreign Policy in European Post- Communist States

This paper analyzes China and european postcommunist states relations in Xi Jinpings era. This era is specific in chinese attemps to resolve its economic position into a international power position. This paper discuss various approaches to chinese goals and power concepts. Examines if it is a domination or hegemony concept, or a new power concept which can be described only by reconstruction of chinese traditions. Tha main issues of this paper are chinese reasons of interest in european postcommunist states, success of its foreign policy goals in this area and reasons which led to either failing or success its goals. To answer these issues will be analyzed specific methods of promoting chinese influence in 16+1 iniciative and also will be reconstructed chinese power concept. To analyse specific factors in individual states this paper includes a case study of three european postcommunist states - Czech republic, Hungary and Poland