February 4, Social Science Documentation Publishing House published the "China-EU relations: concepts, policies and prospects" conference in the European Union Delegation of the resident held in China. Known for decades, "published in the West on China-EU relations, the most important research results", European director of the Institute by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Dr. Zhou Hong, China Policy Program at George Washington University, director of the Brookings Institution in Washington Foreign Policy Research Senior Fellow at Project David Shambaugh, the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), president of Eberhard Schneider Dessande editor, the book sets the United States, Germany and China, the strength of the three scholars on the understanding of Sino-EU relations, the respective policies and has done a comprehensive overview of the development prospects.
In these authors, we can see that both China and the EU Study on the leading experts and scholars, such as the University of London Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Professor of Economics 罗伯特阿什 (Robert Ash), Jean Monnet Professor, Fudan University University of Dai Bingran director of the Center for European Studies, European Studies so? Professor Mo Nei, the Chinese People’s University director of the Center for European Studies Song Ning, etc., as well as the relevant country’s foreign policy or project execution, such as the EU – China Project Leader 弗兰科阿尔kiri (Franco Algieri), German Foreign Ministry Political Department Director of the Volcker? Stanzel (Volker Stanzel), the Chinese Embassy in Washington (Washington DC) Counselor Ruan Zongze (Ruan Zongze) and so on. They are familiar with from their respective areas of the China-EU relations and its impact on the United States and the impact of the entire world an unprecedented system have been explored, examined the impact of both the historical reasons for China-EU relations, but also examines the factors affecting China-EU relations, contemporary . Among them, the authors of the Taiwan issue, trade relations, European integration and the European Union as a bureaucratic role played by actors, has the most to date the most systematic and comprehensive writings.
Jean-Pierre Cabestaing: "Taiwan issue" – to stimulate the points instead of balancer
All along, the sensitivity of the Taiwan issue, not only in China-US relationship, are still affects all of Central Europe and even China – China’s foreign relations. Although the EU, on the Taiwan issue divided on awareness of the importance, but in the practice areas of China-EU relations, the EU can not not recognize that the problem is the relationship between China and the European countries need to be considered a vital factor, the EU and most of its member States policy toward China are included in policy toward Taiwan. Along with the historical development of China-EU relations, European countries maintaining diplomatic relations with China while also maintaining forward to working with the delicate relationship between Taiwan, China. It’s like a pendulum in front of European countries, the balance, the balance at both ends shall be the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, although the balance of the performance for the balance due to the mainland more economic, political or geopolitical weight and the tilt of the mainland, however, any violate the status quo (status quo) or regress to the status quo, would give rise to balance the imbalances and even shock.
Jean-Pierre Cabestaing that the Taiwan issue is China-EU relations in the stimulus-point, rather than balancer. This sentence to the effect that the sensitivity of the Taiwan issue to China-EU relations is concerned, has a very subtle effect, but the EU is not the balance of the Taiwan issue as a tool in China, but only passively follow the stimulus point to respond. In Jean-Pierre Cabestaing view, if the original European Union to maintain relations with the Taiwan authorities, mainly to Taiwan as a market, investment locations, weapons buyers, as well as to conquer another market – Mainland China – the springboard, then to today, speaking for the European Union, Taiwan’s economic and political status is declining, coupled with Europe, there is no security in the Asia Pacific region, it was more concerned about China’s reform and integration in the international community the extent . So the Beijing government, the European Union and most European countries tend to adopt a more moderate policy stance – based on strict interpretation of "one China" policy, rather than too much emphasis on the principle of non-use of force. Out of Europe’s consideration, author believes that the lessons of history and the reality of the EU experience, could be more on the Taiwan issue as to help the mainland and Taiwan to come together better, rather than a limited scale to maintain balance.
(Jean-Pierre Cabestaing (Jean Pierre Cabestan): Hong Kong University of invasion would be a professor of Government and International Studies, Director. A former senior fellow at the French National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, Center for Asian Studies fellow.)
Lifting the arms embargo, when?
Although the EU think tanks have long been aware of the seriousness of the problem, but because of many factors, such as U.S. pressure to lift the arms embargo on China is still pending. Growth of commercial relations in Central Europe the situation in full swing under the arms embargo on China has been discord which, with an impact on China-EU commercial relations with the most negative impact of a serious problem.
A large extent, to lift the arms embargo is not symbolic, and it has long been a China-EU relations in a political issue. China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership not only includes economic and trade relations, and because the 21-year arms embargo on the problem and a number of substantive issues of economic and trade fields, and has not been resolved, however, lie in some form of deterioration.
Zhang Zuqian data analysis in the text using a large number of EU economic and trade relations, the problems that the prohibition of arms sales to China is hampered both sides to expand defense cooperation in industrial and technological obstacles. At least to some extent, the lifting of arms embargo on China would certainly help to promote dual-use technologies and products related to China-EU economic cooperation.
According to Chinese official data, China for the lifting of the arms and military technology transfer, and not as many people predicted, to purchase a large number of European arms. But the Western world will continue to speculate on what will be China’s purchase of weapons, which China’s military power and the world situation means. Zhang Zuqian quoted German Foreign Policy Association’s Frank? Wumubahe (Frank Umbach) words, "Beijing would be interested to buy some modest equipment and small arms systems such as radar, air-missiles, sonar equipment, torpedoes, and other important with the use of force enhancement products in order to enhance the fighting capacity of the old and new weapons systems. "
Due to pressure from Washington, the differences within the EU, as well as changes in political situation in Berlin and Paris, the EU shelved plans to lift the arms embargo on China. The EU has also delayed the development of new on Arms Exports "Code of Conduct"; the guidelines designed to protect in the post-ban period of sensitive military technology falling into Chinese hands. For the EU arms embargo on dealing with this change, the Chinese felt disappointment.
(Zhang Zuqian (Zhang Zuqian): Shanghai East Asia Research Institute (SIEAS) Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Europe (SIES) Deputy Secretary-General, Research and Consulting Director, Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS) Fellow, "Yearbook of the international situation" and the "Shanghai Institute of International Studies internal report, "editor, director of the Comprehensive Department, the European director)
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