{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Eagle Eye Explore","provider_url":"https:\/\/eagleeyeexplore.com\/sr","author_name":"Branko Zujovic","author_url":"https:\/\/eagleeyeexplore.com\/sr\/author\/branko-zujevic\/","title":"Malignant Confucian Influence in the Balkan geopolitical tavern - Eagle Eye Explore","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cmnKN4dQTj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eagleeyeexplore.com\/sr\/malignant-confucian-influence-in-the-balkan-geopolitical-tavern\/\">\u041c\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0433\u043d\u0438 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0444\u0443\u0447\u0438\u0458\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0443\u0442\u0438\u0446\u0430\u0458 \u0443 \u0431\u0430\u043b\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0458 \u0433\u0435\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043a\u043e\u0458 \u043a\u0440\u0447\u043c\u0438<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/eagleeyeexplore.com\/sr\/malignant-confucian-influence-in-the-balkan-geopolitical-tavern\/embed\/#?secret=cmnKN4dQTj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#132;Malignant Confucian Influence in the Balkan geopolitical tavern&#147; &#8212; Eagle Eye Explore\" data-secret=\"cmnKN4dQTj\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/eagleeyeexplore.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/eagleeyeexplore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/China-in-Balkans.jpg","thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_height":1080,"description":"Why is there significantly less from credit to aid in Brussels than from credit to investment in Beijing in the (pro)Western media narrative? When the European Union Parliament recently voted on the so-called Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, (pro)Western media headlines proclaimed it as aid. Admittedly, it was aid for countries on the pre-accession Balkan bench, but aid nonetheless. And a gift, especially one worth six billion euros, is not to be looked at too closely. This has been long known and well understood in the Balkans. However, if one looks more closely beneath those florid headlines or peruses the original documents, it is relatively easy to notice that (pro)Western media gladly and often use the noun &#8220;aid&#8221; as a euphemism for loans. In fact, non-repayable funds, if such a term can be used given that there is no such thing as a free lunch, not even in the European Union, in this case, make up only a third of the mentioned &#8220;aid&#8221; package to the Balkan countries. A &#8220;CREDIT WOLF&#8221; IN SHEEP\u00b4S CLOTHING In 2014, it was announced that at the donor conference for Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was also composed of loans and a smaller &hellip;"}