China, the European Union and the Developing World

Edited by Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance and Director, Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Professor of International Economics, Institute for European Studies and Louvain School of Management, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels University, Belgium and Matthieu Burnay, Lecturer in Global Law, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), UK, and Associate Fellow, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium

• Contents:Introduction: China, the European Union and the Developing World: Analyzing and Comparing a Triangular Relationship Region by RegionMatthieu Burnay, Jean-Christophe Defraigne and Jan WoutersPART I ANALYZING AND COMPARING A TRIANGULAR RELATIONSHIP1. The Historical Links between China, Europe and the Developing WorldJean Christophe Defraigne PART II EAST ASIA2. How Important is Northeast Asia for China and the EU? Economic Convergence, Geopolitical DivergenceElena Atanassova-Cornelis3. The EU-ASEAN Economic Relations and China-ASEAN Economic RelationsWenjia Wang 4. China’s Rise, the American ‘Pivot’ and the European Union in Southeast AsiaDavid Camroux5. The EU, China and Southeast Asia: Divergent Views of Dealing with Human Security in Burma/MyanmarKatja Weber PART III SOUTH ASIA and CENTRAL ASIA6. India, China and the European Union: Changing Engagements and New RelationsUmmu Salma Bava 7. India’s Role in the World: Implications for Multilateralism and Global GovernanceJivanta Schöttli8. Engaging with Central Asia: China Compared to the European UnionFabienne BossuytPART IV MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA9. The Evolution of European and Chinese Interests in the MENA RegionKarima Fachquoul and Jean-Christophe Defraigne 10. Economic Relations between China and Maghreb CountriesThierry Pairault 11. European and Chinese Perspectives on the Handling of the Iranian Nuclear QuestionClara Portela12. China, the EU and Libya: Competing Interests and Conflicting ValuesRonald Bruce St John PART V SUBSAHARAN AFRICA13. China and the European Union in Sub-Saharan AfricaBenjamin Barton and Ariane de Bellefroid 14. EU-China-Africa and the Challenges of African DevelopmentChris Alden and Laura Barber15. China-DRC: a Convergence of Interests?Bob KabambaPART VI LATIN AMERICA16. Unbalanced Triangle: Trade and Investment Relations between the European Union, China and Latin AmericaGilles Verhulst 17. China in Latin America: Cooperation and Hegemony?Sophie WintgensIndex