Introduction

• Preface

Part one:Overview

• Everlasting Unsettled Sino-European Relations:Is “16+1”Initiative Mutual Benefit or Point of Diverge

• Improvement of Guidelines for Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries Implementation

• Can Asymmetric Relationships Work Together? A Quantitative Approach of “16+1 Cooperation” Mechanism

• “16+1 Cooperation” as a Long Lasting or Ad-hoc Project? Perspectives from Different Angles of Central and Eastern Europe”

Part two:From the Perspective of Sub-regions

• Danube Sub-region:A New Dimension for the Cooperation between China and the Central and Eastern Europe

Part three:From the Perspective of European Countries

• Analysis of the Suspicions of Germany Regarding the “16+1 Cooperation” and the Further Policy Recommendations

• The Multifaced Response of the German Government to China-CEEC Cooperation

• China-CEE Maritime Cooperation:Polish Intermarium Project and “16+1” Nexus

• China’s Strategic Narrative and Challenges:The Case of Poland

• New Opportunities for Further Improvement of Economic Cooperation between Serbia and China

• The State of Manufacturing Industry in the Republic of Serbia and Its Potentials for Cooperation with the People’s Republic of China

Part four:“16+1” and the “Belt and Road”

• Approaches of the EU towards the “16+1 Cooperation”:Three Cases in the Framework of the “Belt and Road”Initiative

• The “Belt and Road” and “16+1” Initiative – the Baltic States in the Geopolitical and Geo-economic Context –Russia,EU and U S