This edited volume examines the crucial, yet overlooked, role narratives play in the rapidly changing relationship between Europe and China.
Its contributors analyse the role of narratives in different societies and arenas ranging from economic and foreign policy to history and social media. Emphasizing the social dimension of narrative, the volume challenges traditional state-centric and strategic approaches in international politics. It also engages with the ubiquity of stories about the other in present manifold crises, and underscores the need for a heightened awareness of narratives and their consequences in decision-making processes.
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This book is required reading for academics, students and members of the general public with an interest in EuropeChina relations, as these become increasingly crucial to global politics. Richard McMahon, University College London This book puts forward an original take on EuropeChina relations, enriching our understanding of the subject and venturing into new avenues of scholarly research. Nicola Casarini, Istituto Affari Internazionali
Introduction: Studying Narratives and China-Europe Relations Ágota
Révész, Duncan Freeman, Magnus Feldmann, Steven Langendonk
Part 1: Foreign Policy and International Relations
1. Where Does Discourse Take Us? Perceptions of the State(craft) in UK-China
Relations Shaun Breslin
2. Italy and the China Issue: (Populist) Narratives Across Recent Critical
Junctures Daniela Caterina
3. Narrating the Sino-Serbian Iron Friendship: European and Chinese
Approaches to the Role of Culture in International Relations Jelena Gledi
4. The Unicorn, the Dragon, and the Storytellers: A study of Foreign
Narrative Making in the EU Steven Langendonk
Part 2: Public Policy
5. China, Europe and Dual Circulation: Emerging Narratives of Chinas New
Economic Model Duncan Freeman and Ágota Révész
6. The EU and the Chinese Human Rights Narrative: Who Benefits from
Politicization? Christelle Genoud
7. The EUs Narratives of Counter-terrorism and the Prospects of
Sino-European Security Cooperation - Chi Zhang, Xuechen Chen and Jilong Yang
Part 3: Media and Communication
8. The Role of Science and Technology in European Narratives about China
Magnus Feldmann and Aleksandra Stelmach
9. From Academic Partner to Academic Threat? German and UK Media Narratives
on European-Chinese Academic Cooperation since Xi Jinping Eva Seiwert
10. Emotions and Narratives on China in Turkish Social Media and Political
Speeches: A Comparative Analysis - Cagri Cöltekin and Gül Kurtoglu Eskisar
Part 4: Historical perspectives
11. Chosen Traumas: Chinas Ever-lasting Century of Humiliation (Bai Nian
Guochi) and Sino-European Relations Jasper Roctus
12. The Weight of History: Narratives of Crisis and Cold War Rhetoric Bart
Dessein
13. Conclusion Ágota Révész, Duncan Freeman, Magnus Feldmann, Steven
Langendonk
Ágota Révész is a sinologist with experience in diplomacy. She currently works for Helmholtz Centre Potsdam.
Magnus Feldmann is Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Bristol.
Duncan Freeman is Lecturer at the Brussels Management School (ICHEC).
Steven Langendonk is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg and KU Leuven.
