Experts welcome Commission’s new engagement with China topics but warn of potential downsides
EU-based politics researchers have praised European Commission efforts to learn more about China with the launch of fellowships on relations between the powers, but they warn that the move could actually reduce academic cooperation.
The fellowships will place academics in a Brussels-based service called Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action, which will advise the Commission president. The aim is “to foster strategic cooperation with think tanks and universities…to tap into deep expertise on China”.