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Political values in Europe - China relations

A report by the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC

Tim Nicholas Rühlig ; Björn Jerden ; Frans-Paul van der Putten ; John Seaman ; Miguel Otero-Iglesias ; Alice Ekman

Buch

englisch

Otero-Iglesias, Miguel (Ed.) DNB
van der Putten, Frans-Paul (Ed.) DNB
Rühlig, Tim Nicholas (Ed.) DNB
Jerden, Björn (Ed.) DNB
Seaman, John (Ed.) DNB

ETNC Report

31-34

Clingendael

Den Haag

2018

100 p.

978-91-7507-429-0

Through case studies of 17 countries and the European Union (EU) as an actor, this report analyses the role political values play in Europe’s China policy and whether China has any influence on the understanding of political values in the EU member states and Norway. • The findings of th e report
are the result of a bottom-up research process that has engaged with researchers in the European Think-tank Network
on China (ETNC).• Political values may be perceived di
fferently across Europe. For the purposes of this report,
we start from the EU definition, which makes democracy, human rights and the rule of law core political values.
• While these three political values are deeply rooted in most European states, the ways in which states address these issues in their relations with China differ significantly.
Based on the analysis of bilateral and multilateral practice, it is possible to distinguish four different patterns of behaviour
among the various states: vocal and active; active and discreet; passive; and passive and potentially counteractive.
• Our findings suggest that three factors are of parti cular importance to the variety in European approaches: historical leg
acy, economic relations with China and Chinese pressure: ...

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