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The head of the EU's bail-out fund is trying to convince Beijing to support the eurozone rescue package. Klaus Regling, the head of the eurozone's rescue fund, is in China in...

Will Europe sell off its chances of a serious political relationship with China? The summer sales are on in Europe and buyers are desperately needed. Portugal is crying out...

Chris Patten understates the nature of US engagement on the issue of Tibet, an engagement that the EU could learn from Chris Patten is right that China's rise should be good...

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Europe must help Beijing's low-carbon revolution succeed. With the looming Copenhagen conference now more than likely to turn into a major disappointment, climate activists...

Might China and Europe co-operate on security in Africa? China and its African partners will gather in Egypt this weekend to discuss the future of their co-operation. One of...

China's emissaries do not pull their punches when they visit Europe, and Europeans should be less worried about causing offence when they go to China. Three ‘wise men'...

Why Europe should be prepared to see an even more assertive China. When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, Mao Zedong claimed: “We can be proud of what...

A second strong signal has been sent to Beijing by its ‘autonomous' regions in little more than a year. In terms of casualties, the ethnic violence in Xinjiang, which left...

This week's summits with China and Russia will demonstrate to EU leaders how healthy the centralised nation state still is. The demise of the centralised nation state – in...

In the face of China's consistently intense pressure, the EU needs to end its equivocation and put up a united front. China's cancellation of its summit with EU leaders in...

Talk does not amount to a strategy – and, unless the EU's member states can co-ordinate their policies, China will divide them. In a few days, Chinese and European...

Finding ways to cut emissions will be vital for a country that relies on coal for so much of its power. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European commissioner for external...

The Chinese premier's tour of Europe marks an upgrading of relations with the European Commission and even hints at early hope for its most troubled relationship, with...

The French, learns Ján Figel', prefer to focus on more than one sport A spontaneous outburst of Europeanism at the end of the Olympic Games surprised many who had spent two...

The Olympic battle for medals continues... The Italian Foreign and former European commissioner Minister Franco Frattini visited the Italian Olympic delegation and expects...

EU has yet to respond to watchdog's claim says that China's human-rights record has worsened in the run-up to the Olympic Games. The Chinese authorities have rejected a...

Beijing is tearing hundreds of thousands of Uighur women from their homes, and yet the West's leaders are passing silently over this new Chinese crime and attending the...

The only way to bring China on board in the battle against climate change is for the EU and US to team up. Officially the world's biggest polluter, having last year...

EU passport-holders are finding it increasingly difficult to enter China. The European Commission has raised concerns with the Chinese government about visa restrictions...