Narrating China and Europe in Uncertain Times

Ágota Révész is a sinologist and worked in China for six years as a diplomat representing her native country, Hungary. She is also the coordinator of the Working Group on “Public diplomacy and knowledge production” of CHERN (China-in-Europe Research Network). Magnus Feldmann is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bristol. Duncan Freeman is Lecturer at the Brussels Management School (ICHEC) and is Visiting Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Steven Langendonk is Doctoral Researcher at the Leuven International and European Studies (LINES) institute of KU Leuven.

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 Gledić
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