China in European Narratives

This book explores how China, and especially China's Belt and Road Initiative, is viewed in European media and by European think tanks, thereby indicating what European elites' views of China are.

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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction: EU-China relations and the Belt and Road Initiative
Chapter 2: Images and stereotypes of China in Europe
Chapter 3: Strategic narratives and the rhetoric of motives in understanding China's policy, identity and image
Part I: China in the narratives of the European Union
Chapter 4: The narratives of China and the BRI in European transnational media
Chapter 5: Narrating China and the BRI in the EU think tanks
Part II: China in the narratives of European countries
Chapter 6: The narratives of China and the BRI in British, French and German media
Chapter 7: Narrating China and the BRI in Western and Northern European think tanks
Chapter 8: Narrating China and the BRI in Central and Eastern European think tanks
Chapter 9: Conclusions: A comparative approach
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