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EU - China relations

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Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping

“China regards Europe as a comprehensive strategic partner and an important pole in a multipolar world. It is hoped that Germany will push the EU to uphold the principles of marketisation and fairness, and work with China to safeguard fair market competition and free trade.”

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President of the People's Republic of China
03 Nov 2023 3 2
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Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy
Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy

“The primary issue that Macron and von der Leyen will probably want to push on is to help get some support from China in dealing with Russia and to help advance on that front. Realistically, I don't think we can expect much, but I think clearly everyone agrees that that's the priority.”

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Associate research fellow at Sweden’s Institute for Security and Development Policy
05 Apr 2023 (approx) 4 2
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Gautam Chikermane
Gautam Chikermane

“Under the Chairman of Everything in China, Xi Jinping, the country has told the world that it has economic power and will weaponise it to smother everything, from using democracy and its institutional fractures to rewriting maps for conquest to extending its surveillance state architecture to the rest of the world. It is time for the EU to end its extramarital affairs with authoritarianism, and grandstanding and war-mongering screeches. That China is a threat to democracies, in general, and the EU, in particular, is visible to all but the EU. Other than geography, the essence of the EU is values. And one event after another, one country at a time, the EU is giving them up.”

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Vice President at Observer Research Foundation
22 Nov 2021 5 2
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Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy
Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy

“Countering disinformation is a subject that enjoys broad support within the EU among member states, intensified by China's influence operations and use of disinformation throughout the pandemic to undermine European democracy and unity. In contrast, building closer ties with Taiwan is still work in progress inside the EU, precisely because of the China factor as member states have not agreed on the kind of relationship they want to have with China in the future. So for the (European Parliament) to use disinformation as a means to engage Taiwan is wise and provides a sustainable way forward.”

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PhD research fellow at the European Union Centre in Taiwan at National Taiwan University in Taipei
03 Nov 2021 6 4
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Margrethe Vestager
Margrethe Vestager

“This display of force may have a direct impact on European security and prosperity. The EU encourages all parties to avoid any unilateral actions that might increase tensions across the Strait. We Europeans - we have an interest in preserving the status quo in the Taiwan Strait ... and we will continue voicing our concerns in our contact with China and publicly, and step up coordination with like-minded partners such as the G7. The EU wishes to enhance relations and cooperation with Taiwan within the framework of its 'one China' policy, while strengthening their people-to-people ties. Exchanges between the two sides have also been expanded in that past few years to include human rights, trade and economic issues. While enhancing ties with Taiwan, the EU also has to address China's assertiveness and attempts to intimidate Taiwan's like-minded partners.”

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European Commission’s executive vice president for the digital age
19 Oct 2021 5 3
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Margaret Lewis
Margaret Lewis

“I'm heartened to see vocal support from the EU [to Taiwan] in part because as Beijing tries to bully Lithuania, it's important to show that's not going to work. The EU didn't need to make this statement - it was a decision to make a statement they know would not be viewed favourably by Beijing.”

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Professor and China specialist at Seton Hall law school in New Jersey
17 Sep 2021 4 5
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Nicolas Chapuis
Nicolas Chapuis

“We may be mistaken, but we think in Europe today, everybody - government, public opinion, academics - are today convinced that China is changing, and you are telling us today that it is not the case. That is a perception issue that we need to tackle .... you are all entitled to your views but please do understand that in Europe people are convinced that China is changing its diplomacy. I am very sorry to see that China does not give any credit to the EU in bringing the U.S. back to the path of engagement. Why? Because China has decided to not reset the relationship with the U.S. The Anchorage meeting in March 2021 is for me, a very significant signal and very disappointing ... The government rejected the return to engagement. So what does China want? What is the objective, the purpose of China today in foreign relations? It's clearly not the same purpose as 10 years ago, it is different. We are sometimes at a loss to understand exactly what China wants.”

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EU's ambassador to China
08 Sep 2021 4 5
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Wang Yiwei
Wang Yiwei

“By playing such tactics, some anti-China MEPs actually want to challenge the one-China principle and replace the sovereignty state with the idea of a 'democratic entity' to promoting the international status of the island of Taiwan. These MEPs' hypocrisy and malicious purposes are too obvious to hide. With these MEPs, the European Parliament has also become a populist organization that violates the interests of the EU and attempts to abduct China-EU ties.”

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Director of the institute of international affairs at the Renmin University of China in Beijing
02 Sep 2021 6 5
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Wang Wenbin
Wang Wenbin

“We want to solemnly inform the EU not to underestimate Chinese people's resolute, strong capability and firm willingness to safeguard national sovereignty and integrity and stop all provocations and confrontational moves.”

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Spokesperson of China and deputy director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department of China
02 Sep 2021 3 3
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Nabila Massrali
Nabila Massrali

“The European Union has repeatedly urged China to abide by its international legal obligations to guarantee procedural fairness and due process of law for Mr. Spavor [Michael Spavor]. His right to a fair trial and due process, including the right to a public hearing, as guaranteed under international human rights law and China's Criminal Procedure Law, has not been upheld.”

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EU's spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy
11 Aug 2021 5 2
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Kurt Volker
Kurt Volker

“China is seeking to weaken and divide NATO and particularly the EU, so that it has the opportunity to set the terms of trade, economic engagement, state-to-state business deals and so forth.”

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Former US special representative for Ukraine and US ambassador to NATO in 2008-2009
17 Jun 2021 (approx) 3 2
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Reinhard Bütikofer
Reinhard Bütikofer

“The current discussions are very serious. In the EU, the parliament has adopted a global connectivity strategy and connectivity financing has been included in the programming of the [Neighborhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument], the EU's global financing instrument. President Biden has highlighted the issue. India, Japan, Australia, ASEAN, and other partners are highly interested in moving the connectivity agenda forward. China has been exploiting the needs of developing countries, but lamenting about that fact without offering an alternative is useless. You cannot fight something with nothing. The difference between Western connectivity strategy and China's BRI [Belt and Road Initiative] will be threefold: We will insist on high-quality and high-standard projects; we will avoid debt traps; we will mobilize private-sector involvement to strengthen our initiatives.”

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German politician and the chair of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with China
19 May 2021 10 3
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Valdis Dombrovskis
Valdis Dombrovskis

“We now in a sense have suspended … political outreach activities from the European Commission side. It's clear in the current situation with the EU sanctions in place against China and Chinese counter sanctions in place, including against members of European parliament [that] the environment is not conducive for ratification of the agreement.”

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Executive Vice President of the European Commission
04 May 2021 3 3
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Wang Yiwei
Wang Yiwei

“It seems like the US, which represents the establishment elites, has returned, and its influence over its allies like NATO states and Japan is recovering, but the fact is after the Trump era, all countries in the world are very cautious to the US. China is not isolated by the US, the West or even the whole international community. The more hostility they show, the more anxiety they have. When the US travels around the globe to frequently ask for support, unity and help from its allies, this means US hegemony is weakening. Don't be fooled by the sanctions between China and the EU, which is harmless to trade and economic ties, and EU leaders won't be that stupid to totally abandon the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, because they know they would never get such a good deal when Trump or Trumpism returns to the White House.”

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24 Mar 2021 8 5
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Jeppe Kofod
Jeppe Kofod

“When China sanctions free, critical European politicians, institutions and dissidents, merely for having been critical against China, it is a clear attack on citizens' freedom of expression in Europe and Denmark. Let me emphasise that the EU's sanctions only affect Chinese officials, who are directly responsible for gross human rights violations.”

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
23 Mar 2021 3 4
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Cui Hongjian
Cui Hongjian

“Our countermeasures may have come as a surprise to Brussels, as they probably expect equal sanctions, yet we anted up our punitive measures. This sends a clear signal to the bloc where our bottom line is, and warns the EU of severe consequences if it is plotting further punitive measures. If sanity remains in the EU, it should refrain from escalating the conflict, and avoid extending the human rights scuffle to the trade cooperation between the two sides.”

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Director of the Department of European Studies at the China Institute of International Studies
23 Mar 2021 2 2
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Xiang Lu
Xiang Lu

“If the US and other Western countries decide to inflict greater and more substantial damage to Hong Kong or even China, such as totally destroying Hong Kong's status as an international financial center, they should be prepared to abandon a huge number of interests related to the city as such sanctions on trade or finance would just be like a nuclear attack triggering mutual assured destruction economically and financially. The US and UK are different from other Western countries and major EU members like France and Germany on this matter, because China's latest move did create huge losses for the US and UK in Hong Kong. Behind the pretext of 'democracy', the real reason why Washington and London are extremely anxious at this moment is that "their long-lasting plan and huge amount of input in Hong Kong - to breed pro-West proxies or opposition parties to gain political power through the problematic election system - is totally doomed. Other G7 members or major EU powers don't share their pain, so not every Western country desires to escalate their confrontation with China on Hong Kong, so the 'long fight' with the West on Hong Kong is, in fact, mainly with the US and the UK.”

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Specialist on US affairs at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
14 Mar 2021 9 9
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Noah Barkin
Noah Barkin

“A deal may dissuade Europe from deploying its full toolbox of defensive economic measures to push back against China's unfair trade and investment practices. This could make the transatlantic discussion under a new U.S. administration much more difficult.”

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EU-China expert and Managing editor at Rhodium Group
23 Dec 2020 5 3
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