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Abstract

in 2003, the People’s Republic of China and the European Union decided to intensify their bilateral relations in the form of a strategic partnership. Ten years later, the three pillars of ‘Political Dialogue’, ‘Economic and Sector Dialogue’ and ‘People’s Dialogue a People’ symbolise the ambition of a comprehensive partnership. In the face of a rapid increase not only in bilateral trade exchanges, but also in bilateral forums and cooperation commissions, the majority of the academic world is still sceptical: or does the strategic dimension of the relationship appear? What does this mean for partnership? And is there really a unified and coherent European policy towards China? In addition to the debate on Europe’s Chinese policy, its substance and strategic coherence, the insidious loss of European normative power, which has since become increasingly acute and through turbulence in the wake of the global financial crisis, is much more fundamental. Initially, bilateral relations explicitly aimed at bringing China closer to accepted economic, legal and political norms and standards worldwide and applied in Europe. In the meantime, and precisely with regard to economic and financial relations between the two parties, the EU is counting on China’s support as a new world leader, at a time when it has ceased to expect a European contribution to its process of change and interiory.The changing Chinese perception of the Strategic Partnership is not only a loss of the importance of the EU in matters of actualite, but also a fundamentally new position of the People’s Republic of China as a normative power. The EU, on another side, seems to have abandoned any ambition to undermine China’s role in international relations. The growing special relationship between Germany and China has reinforced this trend. The Strategic Partnership is increasingly seen as a gateway to China’s rise and Europe’s loss of self-inflicted power. There are few indicators for a revival of Europe’s normative power, reflecting the original enthusiasm with which Europe was planning to take on its role and actively destroy it in the world, in particular with China as a new major power.

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