China's Strategic Approach Towards Europe and the United States

The chapter delves into China's perception of economic relationships with European countries as opportunities to advance its interests, contrasting the unity between Washington and Brussels on issues like Chinese overcapacity. It explores China's leverage of political and economic ties with Europe in its competition with the US, along with challenges in the bilateral investment treaty and differences in manufacturing approaches. The discussion also covers China's stance towards Russia, ideological conflicts with the US, the case for Chinese equities, and factors impacting market sentiment and growth.