Narrating China and Europe in Uncertain Times

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3804-4
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

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

Its contributors analyse the role of narratives in different societies and arenas ranging from economic and foreign policy to history and social media. Emphasizing the social dimension of narrative, the volume challenges traditional state-centric and strategic approaches in international politics. It also engages with the ubiquity of stories about the “other” in present manifold crises, and underscores the need for a heightened awareness of narratives and their consequences in decision-making processes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Révész, Ágota

Freeman, Duncan

Feldmann, Magnus

Langendonk, Steven

Weitere Mitwirkende

Breslin, Shaun

Caterina, Daniela

Gledic, Jelena

Genoud, Christelle

Zhang, Chi

Chen, Xuechen

Yang, Jilong

Stelmach, Aleksandra

Seiwert, Eva

Cöltekin, Cagri

Kurtoglu Eskisar, Gul

Roctus, Jasper

Dessein, Bart

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Studying Narratives and China-Europe Relations – Ágota Révész, Duncan Freeman, Magnus Feldmann, Steven Langendonk

Part 1: Foreign Policy and International Relations

1. Where Does Discourse Take Us? Perceptions of the State(craft) in UK-China Relations – Shaun Breslin

2. Italy and the ‘China Issue’: (Populist) Narratives Across Recent Critical Junctures – Daniela Caterina

3. Narrating the Sino-Serbian ‘Iron Friendship’: European and Chinese Approaches to the Role of Culture in International Relations – Jelena Gledic

4. The Unicorn, the Dragon, and the Storytellers: A study of Foreign Narrative Making’ in the EU – Steven Langendonk

Part 2: Public Policy

5. China, Europe and Dual Circulation: Emerging Narratives of China’s New Economic Model – Duncan Freeman and Ágota Révész

6. The EU and the Chinese Human Rights Narrative: Who Benefits from Politicization? – Christelle Genoud

7. The EU’s Narratives of Counter-terrorism and the Prospects of Sino-European Security Cooperation - Chi Zhang, Xuechen Chen and Jilong Yang

Part 3: Media and Communication

8. The Role of Science and Technology in European Narratives about China – Magnus Feldmann and Aleksandra Stelmach

9. From Academic Partner to ‘Academic Threat’? German and UK Media Narratives on European-Chinese Academic Cooperation since Xi Jinping – Eva Seiwert

10. Emotions and Narratives on China in Turkish Social Media and Political Speeches: A Comparative Analysis - Cagri Cöltekin and Gül Kurtoglu Eskisar

Part 4: Historical perspectives

11. Chosen Traumas: China’s Ever-lasting Century of Humiliation (Bai Nian Guochi) and Sino-European Relations – Jasper Roctus

12. The Weight of History: Narratives of Crisis and Cold War Rhetoric – Bart Dessein

13. Conclusion – Ágota Révész, Duncan Freeman, Magnus Feldmann, Steven Langendonk

Über Autor(innen)

Breslin, Shaun
Shaun Breslin is Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick.

Seiwert, Eva
Eva Seiwert is Senior Analyst in the Foreign Relations team of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) in Berlin, Germany. Her research focuses on China’s foreign and security policy, with a special interest in China– Russia and China– Central Asia relations, as well as China’s behaviour in international organizations.

Ágota Révész is a sinologist with experience in diplomacy. She currently works for Helmholtz Centre Potsdam.

Magnus Feldmann is Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Bristol.

Duncan Freeman is Lecturer at the Brussels Management School (ICHEC).

Steven Langendonk is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg and KU Leuven.