For almost two decades, China has claimed that its expanding economy benefits Europe, stimulating European growth, exports, and employment. But the reality is not so clear-cut. Whilst individual companies may have profited from China’s economic rise,unbalanced trade with China has actually...

This paper analyses the response of China to the widespread international adoption of the idea that climate change is a security, more specifically national security, issue. The paper demonstrates that despite the idea being current in China, and even having its advocates, the Chinese government...

The US financial crisis and subsequent European sovereign debt crisis not only constitute serious threats to the security of China's foreign exchange reserves, but also provide an advantageous opportunity for China to change its ideas on foreign exchange reserve management. First, according to...

China’s outward investment policy has attracted attention not only for policy reasons, but also in academic debate on the role of source-country institutions in foreign investment. Formal institutions in the form of government policy and regulations have been central to China’s outward...

Introduction to Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 4/2011: China's Evolving Africa Policy: The Limits of Socialization