‘The Current State of China-EU Relations and Europe-Asia Connectivity’ by Prof. Zhang Xiaotong.

April 28th, 2021 Prof. Dr. Zhang Xiaotong delivered a lecture on “The Current State of China-EU Relations and Europe-Asia Connectivity.” This lecture is part of the Jean Monnet Lecture Series on EU-Asia Connectivity. A research activity conducted under the Jean Monnet Chair “Connecting Europe and Asia: People, Power and Policies” (CEAPPP) hosted by Prof. Dr. Bersick, Head of Department, International Political Economy of East Asia, Faculty of East Asian Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. ▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 0:00 – 9:47 Introduction 9:48 – 13:58 History of EU-China relations 13:59 – 15:06 The EU and China as rising powers 15:07 – 23:09 Different stages of the EU’s power identity and their impact on EU-China relations 23:10 – 32:09 The EU-Indo Pacific Strategy and classic geopolitics 32:10 – 35:55 Three puzzles of European geopolitics 35:56 – 43:04 Geopolitics as a distraction from more important issues 43:05 – 48:52 Impact of narrower state actions on the room for manoeuvre of states 48:53 – 54:49 EU-Asia relations beyond a paradigm of geopolitics 54:50 – 1:14:50 EU-China sanctions and countersanctions ____________________ This lecture is part of the Jean Monnet Lecture Series on EU-Asia Connectivity. A research activity conducted under the Jean Monnet Chair “Connecting Europe and Asia: People, Power and Policies” (CEAPPP) hosted by Prof. Dr. Bersick, Head of Department, International Political Economy of East Asia, Faculty of East Asian Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. ► Learn more: https://ceac-rub.org/connecting-europ... ____________________ This research activity is conducted with the European Commission support under the programme Erasmus+ Programme, Jean Monnet Actions. “The European Commission support for the production of this activity does not constitute endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.” Read more information about the Jean Monnet Programme: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasm... Read more information about the Erasmus+ Programme: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasm...