EU recovery from debt crisis ‘vital’ to Chinese interests

EUObserver reported that ahead of a visit to Europe by the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao in June 2011, China declared Europe's recovery from its debt woes to be in the country's own interest.

The European debt crisis is an open goal for Chinese investment overseas. This is why we need to understand what kind of power China is becoming, argues British historian Timothy Garton Ash in the related url article in The Guardian.

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The Guardian, 28.6.11: Let's face the hard truth about China http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/744531-lets-face-hard-truth-about-china

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