China’s EU Strategy in Chinese Scholars’ Words. Framing China’s Foreign Policy towards Europe in the Chinese International Relations Academia
The European Union and China mark 50 years of diplomatic relations in 2025 amidst intensifying international tensions. This research explored the Chinese international relations (IR) scholarly discourse to identify how Chinese academics perceive, interpret, and represent the EU. Drawing from 23 publications and two in-depth semi-structured interviews with Chinese scholars, the study found that the
