Big Words, Little Results: the Chinese Investments in Poland from the Political Perspective
In 2017 statistics showed that Chinese Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Poland for 2016 amounted to a more than half of all Chinese FDI in Poland for the 2000–2016. Yet the overall amount of Chinese FDI remains modest in comparison with Western Europe or even with Hungary. Despite much proclaimed...
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description | In 2017 statistics showed that Chinese Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Poland for 2016 amounted to a more than half of all Chinese FDI in Poland for the 2000–2016. Yet the overall amount of Chinese FDI remains modest in comparison with Western Europe or even with Hungary. Despite much proclaimed Sino-Polish rapprochement in 2015–2016 and high hopes for OBOR/BRI initiative in Poland, cooperation with China has not been a breakthrough for Poland in terms of economic results. There have not been ground-breaking Sino-Polish projects and Polish government’s desire to strengthen ties with China loosened in late 2016/early 2017 (though it may revive now).There are several reasons for that, from the perception of Poland as non-attractive for majority Chinese investments, via lack of overall Polish strategy of attracting these investors to discrepancies of economic interests between Poland and China. |
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spelling | doaj.art-1bff60aa2b2d4ab5a147f990b709c7812022-12-22T02:42:25ZengWydawnictwo Adam MarszałekPolish Political Science Yearbook0208-73752017-12-0146215017110.15804/ppsy2017210Big Words, Little Results: the Chinese Investments in Poland from the Political PerspectiveMichał Lubina0Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland)In 2017 statistics showed that Chinese Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Poland for 2016 amounted to a more than half of all Chinese FDI in Poland for the 2000–2016. Yet the overall amount of Chinese FDI remains modest in comparison with Western Europe or even with Hungary. Despite much proclaimed Sino-Polish rapprochement in 2015–2016 and high hopes for OBOR/BRI initiative in Poland, cooperation with China has not been a breakthrough for Poland in terms of economic results. There have not been ground-breaking Sino-Polish projects and Polish government’s desire to strengthen ties with China loosened in late 2016/early 2017 (though it may revive now).There are several reasons for that, from the perception of Poland as non-attractive for majority Chinese investments, via lack of overall Polish strategy of attracting these investors to discrepancies of economic interests between Poland and China.http://www.czasopisma.marszalek.com.pl/images/pliki/ppsy/46-2/ppsy2017210.pdfChinese FDIChinese FDI in Polandthe Politics of Chinese FDISino-Polish relations |
spellingShingle | Michał Lubina Big Words, Little Results: the Chinese Investments in Poland from the Political Perspective Polish Political Science Yearbook Chinese FDI Chinese FDI in Poland the Politics of Chinese FDI Sino-Polish relations |
title | Big Words, Little Results: the Chinese Investments in Poland from the Political Perspective |
title_full | Big Words, Little Results: the Chinese Investments in Poland from the Political Perspective |
title_fullStr | Big Words, Little Results: the Chinese Investments in Poland from the Political Perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | Big Words, Little Results: the Chinese Investments in Poland from the Political Perspective |
title_short | Big Words, Little Results: the Chinese Investments in Poland from the Political Perspective |
title_sort | big words little results the chinese investments in poland from the political perspective |
topic | Chinese FDI Chinese FDI in Poland the Politics of Chinese FDI Sino-Polish relations |
url | http://www.czasopisma.marszalek.com.pl/images/pliki/ppsy/46-2/ppsy2017210.pdf |
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