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China and Greece are linked through significant economic and diplomatic ties, including Chinese foreign direct investment in Greece [1], [2], bilateral agreements like the Memorandum of Understanding [3], and trade performance metrics [4], [5], [6]. Furthermore, their relationship is characterized by political alignment, as evidenced by Greece's reluctance to criticize China's human rights record within the 16+1 framework and at the United Nations [7], [8].

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Quest for Strategic Autonomy? Europe Grapples with the US - China ... realinstitutoelcano.org Real Instituto Elcano 5 facts

measurementGermany has the highest share of total outward FDI to China at 5.9%, while Denmark, the UK, and Greece each have approximately 5.5%.

measurementGreece experienced the sharpest decline in export share to China, with the share dropping by 72% and the absolute value falling by 60%.

measurementIn Greece, Slovenia, Lithuania, and Hungary, exports to China accounted for less than 3% of total national exports.

claimThe status of the Memorandum of Understanding between Greece and China is unclear, with the possibility that it expired in 2023 if it followed a five-year duration model.

measurementAmong countries surveyed in the Real Instituto Elcano report, Hungary has the highest share of Chinese inward investment at 5%, followed by Greece at 4.2% and the Netherlands at 2.1%.

Independence play: Europe's pursuit of strategic autonomy ecfr.eu European Council on Foreign Relations 2 facts

accountIn 2017, Greece blocked a European Union statement on China's human rights record at the United Nations.

claimAs a result of the 16+1 framework, Hungary and Greece have become reluctant to criticize China's human rights record.

The EU's Open Strategic Autonomy and the challenge of ... globalpolicyjournal.com Eugenia Baroncelli · Global Policy Journal 1 fact

claimFragmentation patterns in the European Union regarding Chinese high-tech foreign direct investment exist between technologically advanced states like France, Germany, and Italy, which seek to reduce such investment, and laggard states like Greece, Cyprus, and Portugal, which benefit from Chinese investment inflows in mature sectors.