Preliminary material /Editors The European Union and China -- AUTHORS IN THIS VOLUME /Editors The European Union and China -- INTRODUCTION /Pradeep Taneja , Georg Wiessala and John Wilson -- EU-CHINA RELATIONS: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES /Nicholas Rees -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF EU-CHINA RELATIONS /Fraser Cameron -- THE EU AND CHINA IN THE CONTEXT OF INTER-REGIONALISM /Natee Vichitsoratsatra -- DUALITY - DIALOGUE - DISCOURSE: SOME PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN EU-CHINA RELATIONS /Georg Wiessala -- SPORT AND POLITICS: THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES /David Askew -- CHINA VIEWS EUROPE: A MULTI-POLAR PERSPECTIVE /Jenny Clegg -- THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CHINA: INDIAN PERCEPTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES /Rajendra K. Jain -- RUSSIA'S CLOSER TIES WITH CHINA: THE GEO-POLITICS OF ENERGY AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION /Christopher Williams -- THE EUROPEAN UNION, CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES: COMPLEX INTERDEPENDENCE AND BI-MULTILATERALISM IN COMMERCIAL RELATIONS /Michael Smith and Huaixian Xie -- THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ECONOMIC TIES WITH THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) /Paul Joseph Lim -- CHINA, NEWS MEDIA FREEDOM AND THE WEST: PRESENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES /Peter J. Anderson -- TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA /Carlo Filippini -- EU-CHINA FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: A DOUBLE-SIDED PERSPECTIVE /Valeria Gattai -- CHINA'S SEARCH FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND EU-CHINA RELATIONS /Pradeep Taneja -- RECENT CHINESE PRACTICE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF MARITIME SECURITY AND THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE /Zou Keyuan -- CONCLUSIONS: TOWARDS AN EU-CHINA RESEARCH-AGENDA 2010 /Georg Wiessala , Pradeep Taneja and John Wilson.