site.btaChina Opting for More Flexible Stance in Projects with Bulgarian Partners, Researcher Finds

Bulgaria does not have a clearly defined policy towards China, Vladimir Shopov found in a US State Department-funded research project on how China competes for influence in Bulgaria. At a virtual round-table discussion on Thursday, Shopov, who is a visiting fellow with the Asia Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, presented his findings which are based on interviews with 142 current and former politicians, business executives and academics.