The Practical Role of The EU's Values in Diplomacy with China

1. Introduction: China, the Greatest Test for the EU's Values and Principles, Part I: Conceptualising and Contextualising the Role of the EU's Values in EU-China Dialogues, 2. Defining Value Mainstreaming in the EU's Diplomacy: A Conduit for the EU's Normative Power with China, 3. EU-China Dialogues and the Role of Values in a Deteriorating Relationship, Part II: Complacency and Self-Censorship in the EU's Diplomacy with China, 4. An Institutional Culture of Complacency, 5. An Institutional Culture of Self-Censorship, 6. The EU-China Human Rights Dialogue: Examining the Reality Behind a Cautionary Tale that Fuels Self-Censorship, 7. The Value Vacuum in the Internal Meetings Coordinating EU-China Dialogues: Illustrating the Institutionalised Nature of Complacency and Self-Censorship, Part III: Reflectivity and Intercultural (Mis)Understanding in EU-China Dialogues, 8. Value Mainstreaming Approaches and Critical Reflectivity, 9. The Intercultural Barrier to Value Mainstreaming, Part IV: Assessing the Status Quo of EU-China Diplomacy and Charting a More Principled Future, 10. Partial Mainstreaming and Ad-Hoc Coordination: How the EU's Values Can Enter EU-China Dialogues without Systematic Action and Why this Falls Short, 11. Conclusions: Reinforcing the Paradigm Shift and Strengthening the EU's Normative Power with China at a Crucial Juncture, Appendix I