ECFR and Asia Centre publish issue of China

EU Council on Foreign Relations and Asia Centre publish latest issue of China

Fears in Europe that China works to lock the US into a "G2" embrace so as to dominate the global agenda do not reflect Chinese experts' current strategic thinking. This is the main finding of No rush into marriage: China's response to the G2, an analysis of China's debate about how to approach the new US administration.

While freedom of expression and access to information remain restricted in China, China Analysis, a joint ECFR and Asia Centre publication, introduces European audiences to the ongoing debates inside China's expert and think-tank world by drawing on published sources and ongoing strategic thinking from within China.

Whilst many in Europe worry that China will want to transform its economic relationship with the US into a global duopoly marginalising Europe, China is still examining its options. "Characteristically, China is waiting for its opponent to show its cards," says Francois Godement, ECFR senior policy fellow and Director of the Asia Centre. "This issue of China Analysis shows how carefully, even at this public level, Chinese experts are combing through American views and probing the potential for a new strategic equilibrium."

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NOTES TO EDITORS

1. No rush into marriage: China's response to the G2 represents not the collective views of ECFR or Asia Centre, but only the view of its authors.
2. The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is the first pan-European think-tank. Launched in October 2007, its objective is to conduct research and promote informed debate across Europe on the development of coherent and effective European values based foreign policy. http://www.ecfr.eu/
3. Asia Centre, founded in August 2005, conducts research and organises debate on international relations and strategic issues, as well as on the political and economic transformations in the Asia-Pacific; promotes cooperation and second track dialogue with partners in Asia, Europe and the world; publishes timely information and analysis from the region, utive briefs and reports from our research team. Asia Centre is based at Sciences Po (Paris), a leading university for political and social sciences. http://www.centreasia.org/
4. China Analysis is published in both English and French: For the English edition, go to ECFR's website (http://www.ecfr.eu/). The French edition can be accessed at http://www.centreasia.org/.

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