1st Edition

China and Europe Relations in the Twenty-First Century Politics, Law and Ordinary Life

By Aifen Xing, Peter Preston Copyright 2024
252 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book argues that although relations between China and Europe are strained in many areas, including trade, human rights and views about political systems, nevertheless established linkages, especially when considered in the context of long-term historical linkages, development trajectories and intellectual cultures, offer good prospects for future progressive collaborative exchanges.... Read more

List of figures

List of tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

[1] Introduction: Changing perceptions of the relationship between China and Europe

[2] China, Europe and the creation of the modern world

[3] China and Europe in the twenty-first century: New linkages

[4] China: The structure of government and the role of the law

[5] The EU: Politics, law and decision-making

[6] China and the EU: Peaceful rising

[7] The EU and China: Evolving policy towards China

[8] China: Recent problems

[9] The EU: Managing recent problems

Afterword

Index

Biography

Aifen Xing is a Professor of International Law at Beijing Normal University 

Peter Preston is an Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Birmingham