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The synergy of economic and geopolitical factors seen over the past few years has caused higher mutual interest between Eastern European countries and China. However, while China desires to safely invest part of its financial surplus in these countries in the form of loans, Ukraine and Belarus are trying to use their cooperation with China also in the area of politics, both domestically and abroad. The Chinese engagement in Eastern Europe does not offer any real competition to the political and economic significance of the EU in the region.