China-EU : a common future / edited by Stanley Crossick, Etienne Reuter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crossick, Stanley.

Reuter, Etienne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Relations--Europe.

China.

Relations.

Europe.

Europe--Relations--China.

Physical Description:

xxi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2007]

Summary:

Negotiations for a new EU-China Partnership & Cooperation Agreement began in January 2007 and are likely to take two to three years. This is the first book to explore the wide range of issues affecting the China-EU relationship, including the US factor, environmental issues, WTO, governance, civil society, democracy, the RMB, energy security, Taiwan, Japan, North Korea and many others.

The result of an intense, collaborative exercise between respected Chinese and European scholars, this timely book highlights the necessity of a China-EU relationship and why it will be mutually beneficial. Recommendations for the harmonious development of relations between China and the EU are offered as well. Book jacket.

Contents:

A New Agenda xi

I Strategic Issues 1

1 Key Elements of a Strategic Partnership 3

2 Environment 15

3 Energy 27

4 Security Issues 41

5 The Reform of the UN 57

II Geopolitics 71

6 The US Factor 73

7 Taiwan 81

8 China and Its Neighbors 93

9 Japan 107

10 North Korea 123

11 Iran 137

12 Africa 145

III Trade Matters 157

13 The World Trade Organization 159

14 Market Economy Status 171

15 The RMB in the Global Currency Market 179

16 The Arms Embargo 189

IV Cultural and Social Reflections 199

17 Mutuality: Confucius and Monnet 201

18 Similarities and Differences 207

19 Governance 215

20 Developing a Chinese Civil Society 229

21 Knowledge, Economic Development and Democracy in China 241

22 Promoting Mutual Understanding 249.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9789812707765

981270776X

OCLC:

173640963