According to the lunar calendar, the Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival - and with it the Year of the Wood Dragon - began on February 10. The Chinese dragon symbol represents goodness, courage, consistency and perseverance, while wood represents growth and progress in Eastern astrology.
Many of the Dragon Years in China's history have brought major changes to the country, and this year is likely to bring major changes in international politics in addition to important anniversaries for China - writes Levente Horváth, Director of the Eurasia Center.
Ma Jun, President of the Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability, was awarded the International Green Finance Lifetime Achievement Scientific Award of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank, the central bank of Hungary. We sat down with the world-renowned policy advocate for green and sustainable finance at the Budapest Eurasia Forum.
Since 2006, China has been the world's largest carbon emitter and thus the number one responsible for the global climate fight. The Asian powerhouse has now decided to play a key role in the green transition, and its results are indeed a cause for optimism. Beijing is responding with a sensible strategy to the familiar dilemma: economic growth based on energy security or a transition to a green economy at any cost? - asks
András Jánossy, Director of Communications and Protocol at the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency.
he ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate, Lai Ching-te, won the election in Taiwan on January 13. The self-ruled island, considered an integral part of the People’s Republic of China and a separatist region, had been preparing for the event with a nearly year-long campaign, writes
Viktor Buzna, Research Fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs.
“We have to build an economy that does not simply consume, that is circular in nature and an interlocking financial system that makes all that possible”,
Sir John O’Reilly, President of Khalifa University of Science and Technology, told us at the Budapest Eurasia Forum.
In mainland China, the practice of making New Year films, or hesuipian, which is still popular today, has been developing since the second half of the 1990s. The term refers mainly to the timing of the release of films rather than their content, and can therefore be seen as a marketing strategy - writes
Viktória Váradi, Assistant Professor at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church and founder of the Imázsia Chinese Film Days.
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