China and Europe Relations in the Twenty-First Century

Although relations between China and Europe are strained in many areas, including trade, human rights and views about political systems, nevertheless established linkages, development trajectories and intellectual cultures, offer good prospects for future progressive collaborative exchanges.

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

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