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As expressed in the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation adopted in 2013, the European Union and the People's Republic of China are committed to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The new nature of Chinese foreign policy under the leadership of Xi Jinping has caused new problems in European-Chinese relationships. The rise of China to a position of global superpower, symbolized by the Belt and Road Initiative, has changed the conditions for EU-China relations and created a necessity for Europe to revise its approach or even to profoundly change the way it perceives relations with Beijing.The goal of this article is to discuss EU policy towards China between 2013 and 2019 in the context of these new conditions and the changing perception of China in Europe. The rethinking process on the side of the EU was symbolized by describing China as a systemic rival in the strategic outlook presented by the European Commission in March 2019. The main research question is: how did public debate in Europe around the term systemic rival, and the change in perception of China it caused, correspond with the actual state of EU-China relationships on the level of political practice? The hypothesis, that the commotion caused by the use of the term systemic rival created a distorted impression of the current state of EU-China relations will be tested by analyzing specific cases of the operationalization of EU policy such as investment screening frameworks, European industrial policy and the major political EU-China visits and summits in 2019.

As expressed in the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation adopted in 2013, the European Union and the People's Republic of China are committed to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The new nature of Chinese foreign policy under the leadership of Xi Jinping has caused new problems in European-Chinese relationships. The rise of China to a position of global superpower, symbolized by the Belt and Road Initiative, has changed the conditions for EU-China relations and created a necessity for Europe to revise its approach or even to profoundly change the way it perceives relations with Beijing.The goal of this article is to discuss EU policy towards China between 2013 and 2019 in the context of these new conditions and the changing perception of China in Europe. The rethinking process on the side of the EU was symbolized by describing China as a systemic rival in the strategic outlook presented by the European Commission in March 2019. The main research question is: how did public debate in Europe around the term systemic rival, and the change in perception of China it caused, correspond with the actual state of EU-China relationships on the level of political practice? The hypothesis, that the commotion caused by the use of the term systemic rival created a distorted impression of the current state of EU-China relations will be tested by analyzing specific cases of the operationalization of EU policy such as investment screening frameworks, European industrial policy and the major political EU-China visits and summits in 2019.

As expressed in the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation adopted in 2013, the European Union and the People's Republic of China are committed to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The new nature of Chinese foreign policy under the leadership of Xi Jinping has caused new problems in European-Chinese relationships. The rise of China to a position of global superpower, symbolized by the Belt and Road Initiative, has changed the conditions for EU-China relations and created a necessity for Europe to revise its approach or even to profoundly change the way it perceives relations with Beijing.The goal of this article is to discuss EU policy towards China between 2013 and 2019 in the context of these new conditions and the changing perception of China in Europe. The rethinking process on the side of the EU was symbolized by describing China as a systemic rival in the strategic outlook presented by the European Commission in March 2019. The main research question is: how did public debate in Europe around the term systemic rival, and the change in perception of China it caused, correspond with the actual state of EU-China relationships on the level of political practice? The hypothesis, that the commotion caused by the use of the term systemic rival created a distorted impression of the current state of EU-China relations will be tested by analyzing specific cases of the operationalization of EU policy such as investment screening frameworks, European industrial policy and the major political EU-China visits and summits in 2019.

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Publikacja recenzowana / Peer-reviewed publication ; Przesunięcia w globalnym układzie sił i kształtowanie wielobiegunowego porządku światowego z nową kategorią państw/mocarstw wschodzących/rozwijających się znajdują wyraz w niemieckiej polityce zagranicznej, która ukierunkowana jest na poszukiwanie i budowę nowych partnerstw. W zakresie bezpieczeństwa, oprócz tradycyjnego zakotwiczenia w NATO, udziału w misjach ONZ i prób rozwijania europejskiej Wspólnej Polityki Bezpieczeństwa i Obrony (WPBiO), Niemcy realizują własną strategię wobec państw wschodzących, w której można wyróżnić dwa komponenty: współpracę poprzez dialog, doradztwo i ekspertyzę oraz handel uzbrojeniem. ; Global power shifts and the shaping of a multipolar world order with the new category of emerging/developing states/powers are reflected in the German foreign policy, focused on seeking and building new partnerships. In the security field, besides the traditional pillars of NATO, UN Peacekeeping operations and Common Security and Defence Policy of the EU, Germany pursues its own strategy towards emerging states, containing two components of different nature and based on various justifications: cooperation through dialogue, consulting and expert assessment, as well as arms exports.

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