Abstract
The European Union (EU) and China, two of the world’s fast growing powers, cover much of Europe and Asia, with a combined area of 14.0 million square kilometers, a population of 1.8 billion, and a gross domestic product (GDP) of over 19.4 trillion U.S. dollars.1 The relations between the two carry much weight in regional and international issues, the world’s security and development, and even the global system. However, the degree of academic research concerning the bilateral relations is very low in comparison to the importance of their relationship in international politics. Moreover, most of the research is on the political, diplomatic, and economic and trade relations of China with either the EU as a multinational organization or with individual member states. This book intends to investigate a very much underexplored topich—the role of the news media in the development of EU-China relations after the end of the Cold War.
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Zhang, L. (2011). Introduction. In: News Media and EU-China Relations. Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230118638_1
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