Deepening the Eu-china Partnership ― Bridging Institutional and Ideational Differences in an Unstable World

The China-EC/EU relationship, started in 1975, is a highly institutionalized, multidimensional and complex, but to some extent controversial international partnership. It is also challenged within the current unstable world.

This book addresses the convergences and the differences (ideational, political, institutional and interests-related) between China and the EU by a collective interaction between Chinese and European scholars. Among other things the book assesses sectoral bilateral dialogue and focuses on the interplay between internal complexity and external policies, discusses ideational divergences in international law and rule of law and in many relevant policy fields. Furthermore, it compares sustainable growth policies; explores trade and investment controversies and negotiations, human rights dialogue; and addresses environment and climate change policies.

This text will be of key interest to EU studies and politics, China studies and more broadly to area/Asian studies and international relations/global governance.

Mario Telo is member of the Royal Academy of Sciences Brussels, and Professor of International relations at the ULB, Brussels, and LUISS, Rome, Italy.

Ding Chun is "Jean Monnet Chair", is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for European Studies, as well as Dutch Study Centre at Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Zhang Xiaotong has a PhD in Political Science from ULB, is Associate Professor at the School of Political Science and Public Administration, and Director of the Economic Diplomacy Centre at Wuhan University, China.