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After the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the fall of the Milosevic regime, Serbia experienced tremendous changes in its foreign policy. While the country tried to distance itself from the past conflicts and nationalist enthusiasms with its European Union membership; it also copes with historical and political obstacles due to the region's characteristics while also simultaneously fight against economic hardships. Serbian President Alexander Vucic called his country's relations with China as an 'opportunity' to meet the EU's economic and social standards. But on Brussels's side, the same story looks different as, EU increasingly sees China as alien power in a region, where the ghost of nationalist and authoritarian experiences continues to coexist. This research will compare both Serbia and the EU's views towards the Sino-Serbian relationship as to whether an opportunity for furthering the Europeanization process of Serbia or whether as an off-track path towards an old-school nationalism and authoritarianism.
