Ivana Karaskova
@ivanakaraskova.bsky.social
Founder and leader of @chinaobservers.eu (CHOICE) and Women Insight on China (WiCH) at AMO. Researcher at @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz. Ex Spec. Advisor to EC VP. Personal views, like=interest.
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🏆#6 Top team🫶CHOICE had a wonderful 2025 together with @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social, Jan Blinka, @emma-belmonte.bsky.social, Paulína Ovečková and Konrad Szatters. We can't wait for what 2026 brings. 🥳
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🏆#6 Top team🫶CHOICE had a wonderful 2025 together with @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social, Jan Blinka, @emma-belmonte.bsky.social, Paulína Ovečková and Konrad Szatters. We can't wait for what 2026 brings. 🥳
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TOP #8: The most impactful CHOICE public appearance of 2025 was @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social's testimony in the European Parliament.👏Read the transcript here:🔗 chinaobservers.eu/why-europe-i...
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
TOP #8: The most impactful CHOICE public appearance of 2025 was @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social's testimony in the European Parliament.👏Read the transcript here:🔗 chinaobservers.eu/why-europe-i...
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🌍Competing engagement models:
The EU’s Global Gateway emphasizes transparency, governance, and sustainability.
vs. China promotes a South–South cooperation approach, offering infrastructure and investment with fewer political conditions. Read the full article: chinaobservers.eu/chinas-growi...
The EU’s Global Gateway emphasizes transparency, governance, and sustainability.
vs. China promotes a South–South cooperation approach, offering infrastructure and investment with fewer political conditions. Read the full article: chinaobservers.eu/chinas-growi...
China’s Growing Interest in the Middle Corridor Presents a Dilemma for Europe – chinaobservers
As the war in Ukraine continues, both Europe and China face growing incentives to diversify their trans-Eurasian connectivity. The Middle Corridor has therefore
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December 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🌍Competing engagement models:
The EU’s Global Gateway emphasizes transparency, governance, and sustainability.
vs. China promotes a South–South cooperation approach, offering infrastructure and investment with fewer political conditions. Read the full article: chinaobservers.eu/chinas-growi...
The EU’s Global Gateway emphasizes transparency, governance, and sustainability.
vs. China promotes a South–South cooperation approach, offering infrastructure and investment with fewer political conditions. Read the full article: chinaobservers.eu/chinas-growi...
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Yes, Taiwan's Vice President gave a speech at the EP, but do you know what happened in the room?🕵We do!🤫 Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to get the behind the scenes from Brussels & more from CEE in your inbox this week!👉https://amo.ecomailapp.cz/public/form/15-864b4f4872272bdd94aadbc81dfd8b18
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Yes, Taiwan's Vice President gave a speech at the EP, but do you know what happened in the room?🕵We do!🤫 Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to get the behind the scenes from Brussels & more from CEE in your inbox this week!👉https://amo.ecomailapp.cz/public/form/15-864b4f4872272bdd94aadbc81dfd8b18
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Who are the experts who explain China to us? We’ve spent the last five years asking China experts to nominate other China experts until we had gathered more than 2000 individuals across the world and in a variety of professions: doi.org/10.1017/S104...
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Who are the experts who explain China to us? We’ve spent the last five years asking China experts to nominate other China experts until we had gathered more than 2000 individuals across the world and in a variety of professions: doi.org/10.1017/S104...
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🌍 Ever wondered how China is reshaping its story on the global stage? 🤔
In our latest podcast episode, @emma-belmonte.bsky.social dives deep into the new narratives being crafted by China with David O'Brian &
@nawrotkiewiczj.bsky.social 👉 chinaobservers.eu/beyond-propa...
In our latest podcast episode, @emma-belmonte.bsky.social dives deep into the new narratives being crafted by China with David O'Brian &
@nawrotkiewiczj.bsky.social 👉 chinaobservers.eu/beyond-propa...
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🌍 Ever wondered how China is reshaping its story on the global stage? 🤔
In our latest podcast episode, @emma-belmonte.bsky.social dives deep into the new narratives being crafted by China with David O'Brian &
@nawrotkiewiczj.bsky.social 👉 chinaobservers.eu/beyond-propa...
In our latest podcast episode, @emma-belmonte.bsky.social dives deep into the new narratives being crafted by China with David O'Brian &
@nawrotkiewiczj.bsky.social 👉 chinaobservers.eu/beyond-propa...
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The Xi–Trump meeting in Busan wasn’t historic—it was tired. In today's article, Konrad Szatters writes that two powers are locked in rivalry, yet unable to separate without hurting themselves. 🔗 chinaobservers.eu/enemies-who-...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The Xi–Trump meeting in Busan wasn’t historic—it was tired. In today's article, Konrad Szatters writes that two powers are locked in rivalry, yet unable to separate without hurting themselves. 🔗 chinaobservers.eu/enemies-who-...
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🔗If you want to know all about our findings, take a look at our newest article by @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social & @emma-belmonte.bsky.social 👉https://chinaobservers.eu/where-have-all-the-china-girls-gone/
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🔗If you want to know all about our findings, take a look at our newest article by @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social & @emma-belmonte.bsky.social 👉https://chinaobservers.eu/where-have-all-the-china-girls-gone/
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🚨Women in China Research🚨
Our CHOICE team has long been experiencing a worrying pattern at #China conferences: #manels.👨To understand the scope of the issue, we took matters into our own hands.💪
Our CHOICE team has long been experiencing a worrying pattern at #China conferences: #manels.👨To understand the scope of the issue, we took matters into our own hands.💪
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🚨Women in China Research🚨
Our CHOICE team has long been experiencing a worrying pattern at #China conferences: #manels.👨To understand the scope of the issue, we took matters into our own hands.💪
Our CHOICE team has long been experiencing a worrying pattern at #China conferences: #manels.👨To understand the scope of the issue, we took matters into our own hands.💪
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🎤In case you haven't watched @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social's testimony at the European Parliament yet, we bring you the full transcript 👉 chinaobservers.eu/why-europe-i...
Highlights:
Highlights:
Why Europe Is an Easy Target for China’s Political Influence – chinaobservers
This is a transcript of Ivana Karásková's oral testimony for the European Parliament's AFET & EUDS public hearing on China’s influence in the European Union
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November 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🎤In case you haven't watched @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social's testimony at the European Parliament yet, we bring you the full transcript 👉 chinaobservers.eu/why-europe-i...
Highlights:
Highlights:
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👩🔬Xi Jinping celebrates women as “protagonists” of China’s modernization – yet his policies push them into domestic roles, urging a “new culture of marriage and parenting.” Full analysis on gender equality in China's STEM by Elze Pinelyte from @gssc-lt.bsky.social👉 chinaobservers.eu/chinas-float...
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
👩🔬Xi Jinping celebrates women as “protagonists” of China’s modernization – yet his policies push them into domestic roles, urging a “new culture of marriage and parenting.” Full analysis on gender equality in China's STEM by Elze Pinelyte from @gssc-lt.bsky.social👉 chinaobservers.eu/chinas-float...
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🚨🎤Today at 4pm (UTC+01:00) our lead @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social will testify on China’s influence in the European Union at the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs Special & Committee on the European Democracy Shield public hearing. Watch👇 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🚨🎤Today at 4pm (UTC+01:00) our lead @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social will testify on China’s influence in the European Union at the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs Special & Committee on the European Democracy Shield public hearing. Watch👇 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Tune in for the EP hearing on Wednesday!
🕒 16.00 – 18.30
🌏 🗣️Joint hearing w/ @afet.europarl.europa.eu on China’s influence in the EU 🇪🇺 and globally 🌐
Participants include @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social @ruehlig.bsky.social @merics.bsky.social @rturcsanyi.bsky.social @ceias-eu.bsky.social @grzegorzstec.bsky.social
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🌏 🗣️Joint hearing w/ @afet.europarl.europa.eu on China’s influence in the EU 🇪🇺 and globally 🌐
Participants include @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social @ruehlig.bsky.social @merics.bsky.social @rturcsanyi.bsky.social @ceias-eu.bsky.social @grzegorzstec.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Tune in for the EP hearing on Wednesday!
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🗳️Today’s Dutch elections could quietly reshape Europe’s approach to China. How? Read our new article by @sensehofstede.nl 👉 chinaobservers.eu/will-the-dut...
Key takeaways:🧵👇
#Netherlands #China #Elections #EU #Geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #ASML #Nexperia #Trade #TechSecurity #Europe
Key takeaways:🧵👇
#Netherlands #China #Elections #EU #Geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #ASML #Nexperia #Trade #TechSecurity #Europe
Will the Dutch Return to the European Front on China After the Elections? – chinaobservers
Today, on October 29, the Netherlands votes in Lower House elections that will determine the composition of its future government. In June this year, the populi
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October 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🗳️Today’s Dutch elections could quietly reshape Europe’s approach to China. How? Read our new article by @sensehofstede.nl 👉 chinaobservers.eu/will-the-dut...
Key takeaways:🧵👇
#Netherlands #China #Elections #EU #Geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #ASML #Nexperia #Trade #TechSecurity #Europe
Key takeaways:🧵👇
#Netherlands #China #Elections #EU #Geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #ASML #Nexperia #Trade #TechSecurity #Europe
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📢A new episode of our 🎧podcast China Observers is out!
What Europeans got wrong about the #China - #Russia friendship? That is one of the questions Emma Belmonte asked @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social & @abachulska.bsky.social.
👂Learn how to get China right: chinaobservers.eu/what-europea...
What Europeans got wrong about the #China - #Russia friendship? That is one of the questions Emma Belmonte asked @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social & @abachulska.bsky.social.
👂Learn how to get China right: chinaobservers.eu/what-europea...
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📢A new episode of our 🎧podcast China Observers is out!
What Europeans got wrong about the #China - #Russia friendship? That is one of the questions Emma Belmonte asked @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social & @abachulska.bsky.social.
👂Learn how to get China right: chinaobservers.eu/what-europea...
What Europeans got wrong about the #China - #Russia friendship? That is one of the questions Emma Belmonte asked @ivanakaraskova.bsky.social & @abachulska.bsky.social.
👂Learn how to get China right: chinaobservers.eu/what-europea...
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Through this full-time (Prague based, possibly remote or hybrid) position, you would help us with our projects – including but not limited to China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE), MapInfluenCE and Women Insight on China.
We Are Looking for a Deputy China Team Lead/Senior China Analyst! – chinaobservers
AMO is a leading non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to research and education in international politics, active since 1997. Our activities enco
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October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Through this full-time (Prague based, possibly remote or hybrid) position, you would help us with our projects – including but not limited to China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE), MapInfluenCE and Women Insight on China.
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🔍 What was last week's EU-China Parliamentary Meeting about? Read the insights by CHOICE network analysts from all over the EU in our new article 👉 chinaobservers.eu/the-eu-china...
The EU-China Inter-Parliamentary Meeting: Perspectives from CHOICE – chinaobservers
The 42 nd meeting between the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the People’s Republic of China and representatives of the National People’s Co
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October 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🔍 What was last week's EU-China Parliamentary Meeting about? Read the insights by CHOICE network analysts from all over the EU in our new article 👉 chinaobservers.eu/the-eu-china...
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📣 Don't just follow us, join us! 🤝
Attention Junior China Analysts, we’re #hiring! Join our dynamic team as we expand our #China Projects Team at @amo.cz. Apply until November 1, 2025: www.amo.cz/en/the-assoc...
We look forward to our new colleague to be a part of our journey!
Attention Junior China Analysts, we’re #hiring! Join our dynamic team as we expand our #China Projects Team at @amo.cz. Apply until November 1, 2025: www.amo.cz/en/the-assoc...
We look forward to our new colleague to be a part of our journey!
October 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
📣 Don't just follow us, join us! 🤝
Attention Junior China Analysts, we’re #hiring! Join our dynamic team as we expand our #China Projects Team at @amo.cz. Apply until November 1, 2025: www.amo.cz/en/the-assoc...
We look forward to our new colleague to be a part of our journey!
Attention Junior China Analysts, we’re #hiring! Join our dynamic team as we expand our #China Projects Team at @amo.cz. Apply until November 1, 2025: www.amo.cz/en/the-assoc...
We look forward to our new colleague to be a part of our journey!
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📣The more the merrier!📣 We are hashtag#hiring a Deputy China Team Lead/ Senior China Analyst to join our dynamic team as we expand our China Projects Team at AMO - Association for International Affairs. Apply until November 9: chinaobservers.eu/we-are-looki...
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📣The more the merrier!📣 We are hashtag#hiring a Deputy China Team Lead/ Senior China Analyst to join our dynamic team as we expand our China Projects Team at AMO - Association for International Affairs. Apply until November 9: chinaobservers.eu/we-are-looki...
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🤰Why are flights from Georgia to China full of crying babies? Our analyst @emma-belmonte.bsky.social wrote a very interesting investigative piece on the phenomenon of the "Surrogacy Silk Road" for @chinafile.bsky.social, read it here 👇 www.chinafile.com/reporting-op...
A Surrogacy Silk Road: Chinese Parents Head West for Babies
Georgia has become an increasingly popular destination for Chinese visitors. The number of visits nearly tripled between 2023 and 2024, with more than 88,500 visits last year. Yet leisure tourism does...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🤰Why are flights from Georgia to China full of crying babies? Our analyst @emma-belmonte.bsky.social wrote a very interesting investigative piece on the phenomenon of the "Surrogacy Silk Road" for @chinafile.bsky.social, read it here 👇 www.chinafile.com/reporting-op...
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1/ 🚨 China's new #RareEarth export controls are hitting Europe’s rearmament plans hard - but they open a strategic window. 👉Read our new article by Niklas Hintermayer & Antonia Hmaidi originally published as a part of @merics.bsky.social rare-earth series 👉 chinaobservers.eu/chinas-rare-... #China
China’s Rare-Earths Export Controls Hit EU Rearmament – but Open a Strategic Window – chinaobservers
This article was originally published by MERICS as part of its series on China’s rare-earths export controls and is republished here with the permission of the
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October 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
1/ 🚨 China's new #RareEarth export controls are hitting Europe’s rearmament plans hard - but they open a strategic window. 👉Read our new article by Niklas Hintermayer & Antonia Hmaidi originally published as a part of @merics.bsky.social rare-earth series 👉 chinaobservers.eu/chinas-rare-... #China
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Vita Golod unpacks the evolution of Ukraine-China relations — from early cooperation to today’s uneasy coexistence shaped by war, sanctions, and global competition over critical minerals.
Read the article👇 chinaobservers.eu/sino-ukraini...
Read the article👇 chinaobservers.eu/sino-ukraini...
Sino-Ukrainian Relations: Strategic Trade and Geopolitical Balancing – chinaobservers
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has redrawn the geopolitical map, intensifying the bifurcation of the global system between Washington and Beijing. For
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October 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Vita Golod unpacks the evolution of Ukraine-China relations — from early cooperation to today’s uneasy coexistence shaped by war, sanctions, and global competition over critical minerals.
Read the article👇 chinaobservers.eu/sino-ukraini...
Read the article👇 chinaobservers.eu/sino-ukraini...
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Vita Golod unpacks the evolution of Ukraine-China relations — from early cooperation to today’s uneasy coexistence shaped by war, sanctions, and global competition over critical minerals.
Read the article👇 chinaobservers.eu/sino-ukraini...
Read the article👇 chinaobservers.eu/sino-ukraini...
October 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Vita Golod unpacks the evolution of Ukraine-China relations — from early cooperation to today’s uneasy coexistence shaped by war, sanctions, and global competition over critical minerals.
Read the article👇 chinaobservers.eu/sino-ukraini...
Read the article👇 chinaobservers.eu/sino-ukraini...
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💪Tanks painted with doves. A $5B parade of missiles and AI weapons. And a message about peace.🕊️
@emma-belmonte.bsky.social writes about how China’s 2025 Victory Day Parade reveals military might fused with moral narrative. 🧵
Read the article🔗 chinaobservers.eu/peace-with-c...
@emma-belmonte.bsky.social writes about how China’s 2025 Victory Day Parade reveals military might fused with moral narrative. 🧵
Read the article🔗 chinaobservers.eu/peace-with-c...
October 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
💪Tanks painted with doves. A $5B parade of missiles and AI weapons. And a message about peace.🕊️
@emma-belmonte.bsky.social writes about how China’s 2025 Victory Day Parade reveals military might fused with moral narrative. 🧵
Read the article🔗 chinaobservers.eu/peace-with-c...
@emma-belmonte.bsky.social writes about how China’s 2025 Victory Day Parade reveals military might fused with moral narrative. 🧵
Read the article🔗 chinaobservers.eu/peace-with-c...
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🧪🔐 Research security was the topic of the newest CEE-Nordic Dialogue on China, co-organized by CHOICE and our Swedish partner @kinacentrum.bsky.social, @sceeus-ui.bsky.social.
See the key takeaways, tips and resources on research security👇
chinaobservers.eu/choice-and-u...
See the key takeaways, tips and resources on research security👇
chinaobservers.eu/choice-and-u...
CHOICE and UI Hold CEE-Nordic Dialogue on Navigating Research Security – chinaobservers
On September 10, 2025, the second iteration of the CEE-Nordic Dialogue on China was co-organized by the Swedish National China Centre (NKK) at the Swedish Ins
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October 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🧪🔐 Research security was the topic of the newest CEE-Nordic Dialogue on China, co-organized by CHOICE and our Swedish partner @kinacentrum.bsky.social, @sceeus-ui.bsky.social.
See the key takeaways, tips and resources on research security👇
chinaobservers.eu/choice-and-u...
See the key takeaways, tips and resources on research security👇
chinaobservers.eu/choice-and-u...