{"id":1172,"date":"2019-05-18T21:23:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T19:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwdev-idos-gr.sociality.gr\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2025-07-02T11:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:05:53","slug":"european-think-tank-network-on-china-etnc-meets-in-athens-13-15-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwdev-idos-gr.sociality.gr\/en\/european-think-tank-network-on-china-etnc-meets-in-athens-13-15-may\/","title":{"rendered":"European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC) meets in Athens, 13-15 May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC) is a gathering of China experts from a selection of European research institutes and is represented in Greece by its founding member IIER (the Institute of International Economic Relations). ETNC is devoted to the policy-oriented study of Chinese foreign policy and relations between China and European countries as well as China and the EU.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwdev-idos-gr.sociality.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1165 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwdev-idos-gr.sociality.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/12-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwdev-idos-gr.sociality.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/12-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wwwdev-idos-gr.sociality.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/12-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wwwdev-idos-gr.sociality.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/12.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The Network facilitates regular exchanges among participating researchers with a view to deepening the understanding within the European policy and research community and the broader public of how Europe, as a complex set of actors, relates with China and how China\u2019s development and evolving global role is likely to impact the future of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The ETNC\u2019s discussions, analyses and recommendations take a decidedly \u2018bottom-up\u2019 approach, taking into account the various aspects of bilateral relations between European countries and China, and the points of convergence and divergence among EU members states in order to examine EU-China relations in a realistic and comprehensive way.<\/p>\n<p>On 13th and 14th May 2019, ETNC members were hosted by IIER in Athens for their six-monthly meeting to discuss the upcoming 5th annual report of the network. On 15 May, ETNC members met the management of the Piraeus Port Authority and had a guided tour around the facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Press Release:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwdev-idos-gr.sociality.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ETNC-Brief-press-release.pdf\">ETNC brief press release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC) is a gathering of China experts from a selection of European research institutes and is represented in Greece by its founding member IIER (the Institute&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,62,9],"tags":[36,56,45],"class_list":["post-1172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ann","category-asia-en","category-prrel","tag-asia","tag-china","tag-eu"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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