Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/WjAVCj Unlikely Partners? China, the European Union and the Forging of a Strategic Partnership By: Anna Michalski; Zhongqi Pan Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Print ISBN: 9789811031403, 9811031401 eText ISBN: 9789811031410, 981103141X Copyright year: 2017 Format: PDF Available from $ 109.00 USD SKU 9789811031410 This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relations between China and the EU, tracing the development of this complex, yet intriguing, relationship between two substantially different actors. To uncover a deeper understanding of this unlikely partnership, the authors analyze the partnership through the prism of contending norms and worldviews. The China-EU strategic partnership has evolved through fits and starts but despite continuous trade disputes and severe diplomatic misunderstandings, the EU and China pledge to uphold, even deepen, the partnership. Policy experts and scholars will learn how such contending bilateral relationships can be managed and establish a better understanding of deep-seated conceptual differences between these two entities.