China’s footprint in Ukraine. A breathing space between Russia and the West
China’s footprint in Ukraine. A breathing space between Russia and the West

Summary/Abstract: Rising among Ukraine’s top foreign policy priorities is the geographically-distant People’s Republic of China – a country with which Ukraine’s relationship has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. For Ukraine, China is a valuable source of investment as well as a third-party actor in a foreign policy landscape traditionally dominated by the Euro-Atlantic community and the Russian Federation. Beijing, for its part, views Ukraine as a nexus between the European Union and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Under the BRI, Beijing has developed relations with Central and Eastern European members of the EU via the so-called “17+1” format, which facilitates Beijing’s economic penetration into the European Union market as a whole.

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