Narrating China and Europe in Uncertain Times

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Edited by Ágota Révész, Duncan Freeman, Magnus Feldmann, University of Bristol, Steven Langendonk, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg and KU Leuven, Belgium

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: September 2025
Print publication year:: 2025
Online ISBN:: 9781529238075
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529238075

Series:: 21st Century Standpoints
Subjects:: Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations

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This edited volume examines the crucial, yet overlooked, role narratives play in the rapidly changing relationship between Europe and China.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures and Tables
pp vii-viii

Notes on Contributors
pp ix-xi

Preface
pp xii-xiv

Introduction: Narrative and Europe–China Relations
pp 1-16

1 - The Return of Security: Shifting Perceptions of the State(craft) in UK–China Relations
pp 17-35

2 - Clashing Narratives over Italy’s Adhesion to the Belt and Road Initiative: A Critical Discourse Analysis Approach
pp 36-56

3 - The ‘Iron Friendship’ and the ‘Long and Winding Road’: Narrating Sino-Serbian Relations on the Borders of the EU
pp 57-74

4 - The Unicorn, the Dragon and the Storytellers: Comparing Praxes of Narrating China in EU Foreign Policy
pp 75-92

5 - China, Europe and Dual Circulation: Emerging Narratives of China’s New Economic Model
pp 93-112

6 - The Politics of Human Rights between China and the EU
pp 113-131

7 - The Narratives of Counterterrorism and the Prospects of EU–China Security Cooperation
pp 132-153

8 - The Role of Science and Technology in UK Narratives about China: The Case of Synthetic Biology
pp 154-172

9 - From Academic Partner to ‘Academic Threat’: German and UK Media Framing of European–Chinese Academic Cooperation since Xi Jinping Came to Power
pp 173-198

10 - Exploring the Limits of Soft Power: Sentiments and Narratives on China in Turkish Social Media and Political Speeches of Elites
pp 199-224

11 - Chosen Traumas: China’s Everlasting Century of Humiliation and Sino-European Relations
pp 225-243

12 - The Weight of History: Competing Narratives in the Context of a Rising China
pp 244-263

13 - Conclusion: Narratives and China–Europe Relations
pp 264-272

Index
pp 273-280

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