China’s Narratives on Strategic Partnership and the Responses of Poland and Hungary
China’s Narratives on Strategic Partnership and the Responses of Poland and Hungary

Summary/Abstract: The relations between Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) and Chinaare apparently gaining momentum, with Greece joining their cooperation platformin April 2019. Some scholars have discussed the impact of China–CEEC cooperationon Europe and broader regions. Yet there is one basic question that deservesmore attention, namely about how China and the CEEC themselves understandtheir relations. In recent years, China has established various partnerships withthe CEEC, including comprehensive strategic partnerships (CSP) with Greece,Hungary, Poland, and Serbia. One question that remains unanswered is to whatextent these countries and China understand CSPs in the same way. To address thisquestion from the perspective of a strategic narrative, this article updates the caseof Poland based on previous research, and presents the new case of Hungary. Thefindings indicate that the mixed responses of both Poland and Hungary regardingChina’s narrative about the CSP in each case reflect a limited consensus betweenthem in defining and understanding their relations.

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