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No Common Ground: A Spatial-Relational Analysis of EU-China Relations
1Manchester China Institute, University of Manchester, 178 Waterloo Place, Manchester, M13 9PL UK.
Journal of Chinese Political Science
|December 13, 2021
Summary
EU member states
Area of Science:
- International Relations
- Political Science
- European Studies
Background:
- EU member states lack a unified China policy, a fragmentation exploited by China's foreign policy.
- Existing research acknowledges EU-China relation disagreements but fails to explain the underlying causes of discord.
- This study addresses the reasons for EU member states' differing China outlooks.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the reasons behind EU member states' divergent China policies.
- To apply the core-periphery theory to understand differing national perspectives on China.
- To analyze how geographical and political positioning influences EU nations' China outlooks.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing the core-periphery theory to analyze EU-China relations.
- Conducting a comparative case study of media discourses on Chinese COVID-19 vaccines in Hungary and Germany.
- Analyzing press coverage from April 2020 to summer 2021.
Main Results:
- EU member states' spatial-relational positioning (core vs. semi-periphery) significantly shapes their China outlooks.
- Discourses on Chinese COVID-19 vaccines reveal distinct perspectives between core and semi-periphery EU nations.
- Geopolitical and economic positioning influences national foreign policy perspectives towards China.
Conclusions:
- Differences in EU member states' foreign policy outlooks on China stem from their core-periphery positioning.
- A unified and sustainable EU China policy requires acknowledging and addressing these internal differences.
- Finding common ground necessitates understanding the distinct perspectives shaped by member states' positions within the EU.
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