德国智库：欧洲对华政策走向“原则优先”（英）

No 9 | September 2020MERICS PAPERS ON CHINATOWARDS A "PRINCIPLES FIRST APPROACH" IN EUROPE'S CHINA POLICYDrawing lessons from the Covid-19 crisisEdited byMikko Huotari | Jan Weidenfeld | Claudia WesslingTOWARDS A "PRINCIPLES FIRST APPROACH" IN EUROPE'S CHINA POLICYDrawing lessons from the Covid-19 crisisEdited byMikko Huotari | Jan Weidenfeld | Claudia Wessling4 | Contributors .........................................................................................................................................................6Introduction: Pursuing a principles-first approach in EU China policy Mikko Huotari and Jan Weidenfeld ..............................................................................................................8Key graphics: Mapping EU-China interdependencies .......................................................................19Part 1: Resilience1. Protecting the EU's political sovereignty and unityLucrezia Poggetti ..........................................................................................................................................29Key findings ....................................................................................................................................................................................291. Crisis lessons: China has entered the mainstream of European politics and policy debates ......................................................................................................................292. China’s trajectory: The CCP’s quest to gain discourse power poses challenges to liberal democracies ...............................................................................................................303. Key issues: Beijing engages in disinformation, elite capture and coercive diplomacy to shape the way Europeans perceive and talk about China .................324. EU-China relations: Europe needs to push back against China’s attempts to manipulate debates and public opinion ...................................................................................335. Policy priorities: EU member states need to take targeted measures to further strengthen resilience ..................................................................................................................................352. Safe interdependence: Managing economic vulnerabilitiesCaroline Meinhardt .......................................................................................................................................36Key findings ....................................................................................................................................................................................361. Crisis lessons: Europe needs to recalibrate economic interdependencies with China ..........362. China’s trajectory: Managing interdependence to minimize vulnerabilities and create leverage .................................................................