Unlikely Partners?: China, the European Union and the Forging of a Strategic Partnership

This book provides an in—depth analysis of the relations between China and the EU, tracing the development of this complex, yet intriguing, relationship between two substantially different actors. To uncover a deeper understanding of this unlikely partnership, the authors analyze the partnership through the prism of contending norms and worldviews. The China—EU strategic partnership has evolved through fits and starts but despite continuous trade disputes and severe diplomatic misunderstand...