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Don’t Go Protectionist! Trade and Investment Relations between the EU and China. Asia Policy Brief 2012/1, June 2012
The European Parliament has proposed the creation of a body to
monitor foreign – in particular Chinese – investment in the EU. The
initiative, driven by fears of unfair competition and a hidden political
agenda behind Chinese investments, should be rejected. There are
better ways to promote openness and transparency in Sino-European
economic relations
Asian Middle Classes - Drivers of Political Change? Asia Policy Brief 2014/06, November 2014
Asia watchers have been kept exceptionally busy by recent political developments in the region. An unprecedented landslide victory in India’s general elections,
pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, close elections in Indonesia, a coup in Thailand – the list goes on. As unrelated as these events appear, analysts may find a missing link among a social group that is currently exploding in numbers: Asia’s middle classes. Often discussed simply in terms of its economic potential,
Asia’s middle-income population is also flexing its political muscle. A closer look at its influence throughout the region in recent months seems to confirm for the field of politics what economists have known for some time: The rise of the Asian middle classes constitutes one of the most fundamental transformations
of our time. The consequences remain to be seen