NEW BOOK | Central and Eastern Europe’s Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Preface

COVID-19 pandemic is the most serious global public health emergency since the end of World War II. The virus respects no borders or races. When the virus started to spread in Central and Eastern Europe, different kinds of measures had been taken to combat the virus. It occurred a serious impact on the political, economic, and social structure, as well as individual lives.

This book is providing a brief analysis of the situation of combating pandemic in Central and Eastern Europe. The structure of the book is divided into four aspects: domestic politics, economic situation, social development, and external relations. The book is based on a collection of reports by the associate researchers of the China-CEE Institute. The reports are originally from the April issue of the 2020 Weekly Briefings, a core product by the China-CEE Institute. The views in the book are represented by the individual authors instead of the China-CEE Institute.

The China-CEE Institute, registered as a non-profit limited company in Budapest, Hungary, was established by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in April 2017. The China-CEE Institute builds ties and strengthens partnerships with academic institutions and think tanks in Hungary, Central, and Eastern European countries, as well as other parts of Europe. The China-CEE Institute aims to encourage scholars and researchers to carry out joint research and field studies, to organize seminars and lecture series, to hold some training programs for younger students, and to publish academic results, etc.