Stumbling towards mutual understanding / European opinion split over benefits of eastern engagement

Major feature on relations between China and the European Union. 'Whether it is commodity prices or exchange rates, nuclear non-proliferation or climate change, the European Union and China are discovering that there is virtually no economic topic or international security issue these days on which their interests do not intersect – and sometimes collide'.

European Commission: DG External Relations: China: EU-China Summit, Beijing, 28 November 2007 http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/china/summit_1107/index.htm

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