1 Interview with Yannis Dragasakis, euro2day, 9 September 2015, available at http://www.euro2day.gr/specials/interviews/article/1359826/dragasakhs-s-afth-th-fash-h-aftodynamia-einai.html.
2 “China bought Greek sovereign bonds worth of €6billion at the beginning of crisis”, China and Greece, 21 January 2015, available at http://chinaandgreece.com/china-bought-greek-sovereign-bonds-worth-6bn-euros-beginning-crisis/.
3 Speech by Ambassador Du Qiwen, Athens, 20 January 2012, available at http://www.jmc.uoa.gr/ekdhloseis/china-greece-and-the-eu/remarks-by-ambassador-du-qiwen.html.
4 George N. Tzogopoulos, “EU-China relations require cool heads”, Global Times, 12 December 2013, available at http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/830163.shtml.
5 George N. Tzogopoulos, “Cultural and economic ties draw China and Greece closer”, Global Times, 18 June 2014, available at http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/866362.shtml.
6 Data are based on the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) and refer to Chinese tourists coming directly to Greece from China.
7 George N. Tzogopoulos, “Greece takes realistic approach to Chinese investments after election wobble”, Global Times, 4 March 2015, available at http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/910227.shtml.
8 Liu Zhun, “Greece betrays principle of contract by halting port sale”, Global Times, 29 January 2015, http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/904648.shtml.
9 For a detailed discussion on the investment of China in the port of Piraeus, see Frans-Paul van der Putten, “Chinese Investment in the Port of Piraeus, Greece: The Relevance for the EU and the Netherlands”, Clingendael Report, 14 February 2014, available at http://www.clingendael.nl/sites/default/files/2014%20-%20Chinese%20investment%20in%20Piraeus%20-%20Clingendael%20Report.pdf. On the investment of China in foreign ports including Piraeus, see Frans-Paul van der Putten and Minke Meijnders, “China, Europe and the Maritime Silk Road”, Clingendael report, March 2015, available at http://www.clingendael.nl/sites/default/files/China%20Europe%20and%20the%20Maritime%20Silk%20Road.pdf.
10 George N. Tzogopoulos, “Stake high for China in possible Grexit”, Global Times, 23 July 2015, available at http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/933442.shtml.
11 “State aid: Commission orders Greece to recover incompatible aid from Piraeus Container Terminal”, European Commission press release, 23 March 2015 available at http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEX-15-4650_en.htm.
12 “Piraeus port concession could reshape European supply chains’, the Journal of Commerce, available at http://www.joc.com/port-news/european-ports/port-piraeus/piraeus-port-concession-could-reshape-european-supply-chains_20150729.html.
13 Georgia Dama, “China is a main supporter for Greece”, Eleftherotypia, 9 February 2014, available at http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=414414.
14 Statement by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, 19 June 2015, available at http://www.primeminister.gov.gr/english/2015/06/19/prime-minister-alexis-tsipras-statement-at-the-economic-forum-in-st-petersburg/.
15 Tsipras, for instance, responded negatively to a relevant question during a press conference after his meeting with Putin in Moscow on 8 April 2015. One day earlier, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that Greece had not asked the Russian government for a loan.
16 George N. Tzogopoulos, “View from Athens: Walking the line between Europe and Russia”, European Council on Foreign Relations, 6 April 2015, available athttp://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_view_from_athens_walking_the_line_between_europe_and_russia31161.
17 Michelle Martin, “Schulz warns Greece to stick to EU's line on Russia sanctions – newspaper”, Reuters, 7 April 2015, available at http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/04/07/uk-ukraine-crisis-russia-greece-idUKKBN0MY1ZX20150407.
18 Sarantis Michalopoulos, “Tsipras: ‘Turkish Stream’ will have another name on Greek territory”, EurActiv, 9 April 2015, available at http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/tsipras-turkish-stream-will-have-another-name-greek-territory-313636.
19 “Greece to receive loan from Russia for construction of Turkish Stream – energy minister”, Tass, 19 June 2015, available at http://tass.ru/en/economy/802161.
20 “Russia, Greece sign €2bn deal on Turkish Stream gas pipeline”, Russia Today, 19 June 2015, available at https://www.rt.com/business/268279-russia-greece-turkish-stream/.
21 Articles published on Defencenet.gr and Defencenews.gr constitute an example: “Exclusive: Tsipras will submit a request to Putin for Greece to enter the Eurasian Economic Union”, 1 April 2015 and “Eurasian Union: A choice for Greece?”, 17 April 2015.
22 Examples include Elena Lazarou, Head of the Centre for International Relations at the Foundation Getulio Vargas; Sergey Lukonin, Head of the Department of Economics and Politics of China at IMEMO RAN in Moscow; and Constantinos Filis, Research Director of the Institute of International Relations in Athens. See “The BRICS new Bank, Greece and the IMF”, China and Greece, 29 May 2015, available at http://chinaandgreece.com/brics-new-bank-greece-imf/ and “Can Greece join the BRICS Bank?”, China and Greece, 18 May 2015, available at http://chinaandgreece.com/can-greece-enter-brics-bank/.
23 “Greece can enter BRICS Development Bank under favourable conditions”, China and Greece, 4 June 2015, available at http://chinaandgreece.com/greece-can-enter-brics-development-bank-favourable-conditions/.
24 “The BRICS Bank will start functioning as an alternative to the IMF if Greece joins”, China and Greece, 18 June 2015, available at: http://chinaandgreece.com/brics-bank-will-start-functioning-alternative-imf-greece-joins/.
25 Vladimir Putin, interview with the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, 7 June 2015, available at http://www.corriere.it/english/15_giugno_07/vladimir-putin-interview-to-the-italian-newspaper-corriere-sera-44c5a66c-0d12-11e5-8612-1eda5b996824.shtml?refresh_ce-cp.
26 George N. Tzogopoulos, “No salvation for Greece in hard-hit Moscow”, Global Times, 15 April 2015, available at http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/916983.shtml.
27 Press release from the Hellenic-Russian Chamber of Commerce on the implementation of case studies, 23 April 2014, available at: http://www.hrcc.gr/new/index.php/el/news/20060-2015-04-23-12-07-11.
28 “Russia’s Global Image Negative amid Crisis in Ukraine”, Pew Research Center, 9 July 2014, available at http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/09/russias-global-image-negative-amid-crisis-in-ukraine/.
29 “Gazprom, DEPA and Edison sign Memorandum of Understanding”, Gazprom press release, 24 February 2016, available at http://www.gazprom.com/press/news/2016/february/article267671/.
30 Thanos Dokos, “The geopolitical implications of Sino-Greek relations”, Clingendael, 10 June 2013, available at http://www.clingendael.nl/publication/geopolitical-implications-sino-greek-relations-0?lang=nl.