European Guanxi Podcast

The European Guanxi Podcast explores current affairs underpinning EU-China Relations. It includes interviews with experts on EU- China Foreign Policy and beyond, offering listeners critical insights into the challenges and opportunities that characterize EU-China dialogue. It also provides a platform for the discussion of youth perspectives and experiences on EU-China Relations.

European Guanxi Podcast is a news podcast hosted by European Guanxi, with 51 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  EU-China Relations: A Mid-2026 Assessment | Jing Qian & Philippe Le Corre

  Aug 18, 202623 min

  PARIS, July 9, 2026 — In this inaugural episode of the European Guanxi × Asia Society Policy Institute Center for China Analysis podcast series, host Xaver Haack, Secretary-General of European Guanxi, sits down with Jing Qian, vice president of the Asia Society and co-founder and managing director of the Center for China Analysis; and Philippe Le Corre, senior fellow for Foreign Policy and National Security at the Center for China Analysis, to unpack the state of EU-China relations in mid-2026. Recorded live at the Asia Society's Paris Summer Summit 2026, the conversation covers Europe's €360 billion trade deficit with China, the real drivers behind Chinese EV and solar overcapacity, the EU's de-risking strategy, prospects for clean-tech technology transfer, and Jing Qian's new framework for "rightsizing competition" between the US, EU, and China. A must-listen for anyone tracking EU-China economic relations, industrial policy, and transatlantic strategy in 2026. Visit the Center for China Analysis for more: https://asiasociety.org/km/node/32662?page=15 https://centerforchinaanalysis.asiasociety.org/

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  Inside the WTO: Chinese and European Reform Approaches

  Jul 31, 202640 min

  The WTO is supposed to govern global trade relations. But that promise is increasingly under strain. Unilateral tariffs, a paralysed dispute settlement mechanism and deepening rivalry between major powers have pushed the WTO into deadlock, with reform now firmly on the agenda. What is really behind the WTO’s current crisis? How can China and the EU be characterised within it? What is important to consider when advancing WTO reform? And where does that leave the rest of the world, particularly the Global South? In this episode, Kiara Link hosts Dr. Clara Weinhardt, professor and researcher at Maastricht University. Together, they diagnose the WTO’s deadlock, contextualise China’s role within the institution and discuss how the EU and China might shape international trade relations under the “geoeconomic turn”, as growing economic uncertainty urges both powers to rethink their strategies. Thereby, Dr. Weinhardt shares insights from a Global South perspective to complement the dynamics of multilateral trade relations. Stay tuned as we unpack WTO dynamics from not only a Sino-European perspective, but beyond! Check out Dr. Weinhardt’s publications if you want to know more about the WTO and the EU’s and China’s role in international trade: Expanding the WTO’s Scope in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape Revitalising and Reforming the World Trade Organization in an Age of Geopolitics The WTO Between Two Worlds: Strategic Choices for EU Action

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  China's Influence in European Ports

  Jul 20, 20261h 1m

  How can the EU balance economic pragmatism with strategic prudence when facing a growing Chinese interest in European seaports? What does it mean when China acquires port authority, and how can the EU react? Increasingly, Beijing's investment in European ports has revealed a sensitive structural dilemma, exposing not only differences between EU Member States but also a lack of a comprehensive strategy that organises an adequate response guaranteeing European interests. In this episode, Kiara Link and Ariel Cardozo Calatrava co-host with Marc Moquette and Simon van Oortmerssen from the China Knowledge Network to dive into Europe’s strategic response to Chinese investment in ports, its diverse stakeholders, and possible strategies for action. Stay tuned if you want to hear more about European port politics and dynamics!

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  The Coal Paradox: Inside China’s Contradictory Energy Future

  Jun 23, 202654 min

  China is leading the world in solar, wind, EVs, battery storage, and clean-tech manufacturing. It is also adding coal capacity at a massive scale. How does that even work? In this episode of European Guanxi, Audrey Berder speaks with Belinda Schäpe from CREA about the real forces shaping China's energy transition; a story far more complex than conventional analysis suggests. Some key points of often omitted in this story: 🏭 Provincial governments and state-owned enterprises pursuing overlapping policy objectives 📊 How emissions have actually started leveling off despite coal expansion 💰 Clean energy becoming a genuine economic growth driver, not just policy implementation 🚗 The explosive rise of EVs and electric trucks reshaping industrial capacity 🔌 Battery storage solving flexibility challenges the grid desperately needs But here is what matters most: understanding China's transition means recognising the interplay of tensions and opportunities shaping energy markets globally. The implications extend across trade, industrial competitiveness, Belt and Road, green exports, and carbon markets. Europe must engage thoughtfully with China's transition, considering both competitive and cooperative dimensions. This is the China energy analysis the moment demands.

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  The Future Beyond the Dollar Dominance - The Renminbi’s Global Ambition

  Jun 13, 20261h 10m

  Are we witnessing the slow erosion of dollar dominance? For decades, the US dollar has been the undisputed backbone of the international financial system. Yet growing geopolitical tensions, sanctions, and shifting patterns of trade have posed a question once considered unthinkable: can the world reduce its dependence on the dollar? In this episode, we explore China’s ambitious effort to internationalise the Renminbi, the realities behind the de-dollarisation debate, and whether the future monetary order will be defined by a single hegemon or a growing constellation of competing currencies. Ariel Cardozo Calatrava hosts Marc Moquette and Simon van Oortmerssen from the China Knowledge Network once again, to unpack this complex interplay between political soft power and geoeconomics.

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