China-EU Political Relations

Jingkun, Li; Zhao, Chen; Zhang, Lei; Cao, Hui; Zhang, Haiyang

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1145-0_2

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“…China's trade and investment policies in particular began to constitute a growing challenge for the EU and the convergence myth started to crumble. In the political field, the severe human rights problems in China hindered deeper alignment and little progress was made in the China-EU dialogue on human rights (Li et al, 2017).…”

Section: Phase 2: From 'Honeymoon' To Deepening Divergencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The EU-China Security Paradox

Gurol¹

2022

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She has also contributed several chapters to edited volumes published by Oxford University Press, Routledge, Edward Elgar and NOMOS, and has published a number of policy papers for nonacademic research outlets.x AcknowledgementsMany people have supported me throughout the intellectual journey that led to this book. Not all their names can be mentioned here, but their contributions are sincerely appreciated and gratefully acknowledged. This book was born out of my PhD thesis at Freiburg University. I express my sincere gratitude to my first and second supervisors Diana Panke and Jürgen Rüland for their guidance and support. I also thank Sandra Destradi for her encouragement, care and constant motivation. I further want to thank Zheng Chunrong of Tongji University in Shanghai, who hosted me during my field trip to China and shared his extensive network with me. I am also grateful to Bristol University Press for showing interest in this book. In particular, I want to thank my editors Caroline Astley, Stephen Wenham and their team, whose feedback helped me to improve this book. Sincere gratitude also goes to the anonymous reviewers whose critical comments and suggestions did much to make this book better.I would not have been able to write this book without the support and help of many colleagues, friends and family members. First and foremost, I thank my wonderful colleagues at the University of Freiburg, the Arnold-Bergstraesser Institute (ABI) and the Centre for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO) for their critical comments, considerate advice and continuous guidance. Their encouraging support also helped me over the course of the whole research project, especially when planning and conducting my field research. I particularly thank them for equipping me with the necessary self-confidence and trust as I headed out into the field, as well as for providing last-minute comfort and motivation in the final stages of this book project. But most of all, I thank my friends, family and partner, who never stopped believing in me and the successful completion of this book. Thank you for being my greatest critics and my strongest supporters.

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Section: Phase 2: From 'Honeymoon' To Deepening Divergencesmentioning

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The EU-China Security Paradox

Gurol¹

2022

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“…95 The Council implements the EU's CFSP on the basis of the European Council's guidelines and gives mandate to the European Commission, a supranational agency, to negotiate EU FTAs and BIAs. 96 The Council also makes 'co-decisions' with the European Parliament in the legislative process. 97 While the Council and the European Commission's approach to Taiwan has been cautious, their initiation and support for the BIA is pivotal.…”

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Rethinking non-recognition: The EU’s Investment Agreement with Taiwan under the One-China Policy

Hsieh¹

2020

Leiden Journal of International Law

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This article re-examines the theories of recognition and non-recognition in the context of the evolving framework of the European Union (EU)’s trade and investment relations with Taiwan from legal and international relations perspectives. Notwithstanding its one-China policy, the EU has developed a pragmatic approach to engaging Taiwan under bilateral consultations and World Trade Organization negotiations that have built the foundation for the bilateral investment agreement (BIA). The article argues that since the 1980s, the EU has accorded diverse forms of recognition to Taiwan and the BIA will buttress the process. To substantiate the contention, the article systemically explores the political and trade policies of European states and EU institutions in line with their strategies toward cross-strait relations. By deciphering the new momentum that has galvanized the European Commission’s strategy towards the EU-Taiwan BIA, the research sheds light on the implications of European Parliament resolutions and the EU’s investment talks with China. The structure and impact of the BIA are also analysed in light of EU investment protection agreements with Singapore and Vietnam. Hence, the findings contribute to the interdisciplinary study of international law and international relations and enhance the understanding of the EU’s Asia-Pacific trade and investment agreements.

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“…Yet this belief in some form of incremental rapprochement on security cooperation has not been widely shared across the EU-China literature. Despite the obvious overlap of interests which China and the EU may share in this field, the bilateral propensity to convert these opportunities into examples of diplomatic alignment and/or practical cooperation is low (Li et al 2017 : 59; Montesano 2019 : 144). Rather this sentiment is the predominant one expressed across the spectrum of mainstream theories applicable to the study of EU-China relations.…”

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The Belt-and-Road Initiative as a paradigm change for European Union-China security cooperation? The case of Central Asia

Barton

2021

Asia Eur J

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Security cooperation has increasingly come to prominence in the realm of relations between the European Union (EU) and China as a policy area primed for fostering deeper bilateral strategic convergence. Where leaders on both sides have talked up security cooperation particularly by pointing to recent successes (on counter-piracy, Iran), EU-China scholars have largely qualified these as exceptions to the rule. The rule being that the gulf between Brussels and Beijing continues to be too wide on norms, geopolitics and trust for them to live up to their ambitious rhetoric on security cooperation. Taking this into consideration, this paper sets out to examine whether the Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI) — given its magnitude and high stakes — can change the dynamics of bilateral security cooperation. Looking at this through the lens of three distinct theories applicable to the study of EU-China relations, it would appear that even bilateral security overlap pertaining to the BRI cannot reverse these deeply entrenched behavioural patterns.

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China-EU Political Relations

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The EU-China Security Paradox

The EU-China Security Paradox

Rethinking non-recognition: The EU’s Investment Agreement with Taiwan under the One-China Policy

The Belt-and-Road Initiative as a paradigm change for European Union-China security cooperation? The case of Central Asia

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