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• When opposites attract

  Ideologically far apart, the EU and China will – despite some irritants – continue to build strong business-like ties.
  

• Trade frictions reflect booming relationship

  China's exports to the EU have soared in the past decades as have the number of disputes. But tit-for-tat retaliations between the two sides are unlikely.
  

• Clashing too much or too little in diplomacy?

  Policy drift poses more of a problem than isolated irritants in the EU's diplomatic relationship with China.
  

• The secret environment champion?

  China has played an obstructionist role in global climate talks, but domestically it is quietly pursuing a similar policy to that of the EU.
  

• Looking westwards for urban inspiration

  China wants to learn from Europe to improve sustainable development in its mega-sized cities.
  

• Reshaping a quasi-capitalist economy

  China, like Europe, needs to change its economy to deal with future challenges.
  

• Rising into the future

  China's singular strengths preoccupy Europeans now. Its fragilities may do so in future.
  

EU-China

Ideologically far apart, the EU and China will continue to build strong business-like ties.

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