Noah Barkin is managing editor in the China practice at Rhodium Group and a senior visiting fellow in the Asia Program of the German Marshall Fund, where he writes the monthly "Watching China in Europe" column. Before taking up these positions, Barkin had a 25-year career as a journalist, working mainly for Reuters as a bureau chief, regional news editor, and roving Europe correspondent, with stints in Berlin, Paris, London and New York. What follows is a lightly edited Q&A.
Noah Barkin.Illustration by Kate Copeland
In 2019, the EU Parliament set the stage for current EU-China relations with their "Strategic Outlook" document, in which it labelled China a “cooperation partner,” “economic competitor,” and a “systemic rival.” How did we arrive at that point in 2019?
The EU line on China really began to harden back in 2015-2016, and it started with concerns about Chinese acquisitions in Europe. There were growing complaints from European companies operating in Chi
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