英文摘要 |
The author analyzes China's “Sharp Power” against Hungary by studying Chinese state-owned enterprises' (SOE) investment in Hungary. The term, “Sharp Power,” originated from a foreign policy analysis report published by National Endowment for Democracy, which pointed out how authoritarian regimes, such as China and Russia, utilize internet and media to affect public opinion on democracy procedure and public decisions. However, the report did not indicate how Chinese government utilized “Belt and Road” initiatives to affect Eastern European states. The author discovered that Chinese SOE's investment in Hungary is highly related to EU's anti-dumping policy and China's foreign strategy. However, Chinese SOE's investment ignored the deterioration of Hungary-EU relations. Moreover, investment from Chinese SOEs enhanced Hungary's abilities to resist political pressures from EU, which encouraged the Hungarian government to step into an authoritarian regime. Finally, the author discovered from empirical studies that the Chinese government built private relationships among Chinese SOEs, local Chinese businesses, and high ranking Hungarian officers. The author believed that the Chinese government may or may not have intention to deteriorate its democracy system, but valuing their private relations in business and political culture in economic activities all helped sharpen its soft power. |