Is the China-effect real? Ideational change and the increasing political contestation of Chinese state-led investment in Europe.

The 10 expert interviews have been conducted online due to the ongoing Covid-restrictions. 9 interviews have been conducted in-person, 1 has been conducted in written form. 5 interviewees were from the UK and 5 from Germany. We conducted 7 interviews in English together, while 3 interviews were conducted by Milan Babić in German. 6 interviewees consented to being recorded and we saved the recording for further analysis. All interviewees that were recorded gave us their explicit oral consent to do so.