Sinopsis is a project implemented by the non-profit association AcaMedia z.ú., in scholarly collaboration with the Department of Sinology at Charles University in Prague. It aims to present a regular overview of developments in China and its impacts on the outside world from the perspectives of Czech, Chinese, and international observers.
China’s security-screening regime has evolved into a vast political-economic system linking governance, labor, industrial policy, and global infrastructure exports.
Prague’s new government wants to look more “pragmatic” on China. Beneath the rhetorical shift, the foundations of Czech-Taiwan ties remain largely in place.
Three recent viral waves — from Maoist nostalgia to ethnic nationalism and a bizarre conspiracy theory — exposed deeper cracks in China’s ideological order and its growth-based social contract.
Following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s resounding victory, Japan has greater scope to strengthen its national defense while reinforcing the U.S. alliance and balancing deterrence with dialogue toward China.
China’s 2025 economy is split in two: booming exports and tech versus weak domestic demand. Which side prevails will shape what comes next.
A healthy dose of hypocrisy remains the surest path to acclaim at gatherings of the global elite.
Beijing used Prime Minister Takaichi’s remarks as a pretext for a pre-planned cognitive warfare campaign against Japan.
China-linked finance and elite ties are reshaping Sāmoa’s politics—and the Pacific balance.
Forced assimilation as a neglected yet crucial instrument of genocide, past and present.
Industrial decline and chronic overcapacity, or a surge of innovation from DeepSeek to robotics? Beneath the surface, China’s economy rests on a far more fragile and complex foundation.
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