Dr Richard Turcsanyi is a Program Director at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS) and an Assistant Professor at Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. He is an author of “Chinese Assertiveness in the South China Sea”, co-editor of “Contemporary China: A New Superpower?” and has published numerous articles on Chinese foreign policy and relations between China and (Central and Eastern) Europe. In recent years, he led a large-scale public opinion survey in 56 countries worldwide regarding their attitudes towards China and international affairs.