| Abstract | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-12页 |
| Introduction and aim of the Research | 第12-18页 |
| Research puzzle | 第12-13页 |
| Understanding the concept of "partnership" for this study | 第13-14页 |
| Methodology and Research Design | 第14-15页 |
| Limitations and Difficulties in the research | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter 1-Theoretical Framework for Sino-European partnership | 第18-32页 |
| The nature of the partnership until 2010 | 第18-19页 |
| 1.1 "Soft Power" and "Normative Power" as basis for Foreign Policy in China and theEuropean Union | 第19-22页 |
| 1.2 How the EU makes decisions in respect to Sino-EU partnership? | 第22-29页 |
| a) Institutional actors | 第22-25页 |
| b) Stances of EU member states towards China | 第25-28页 |
| c) EU Common Trade Policy and Common Foreign and Security Policy | 第28-29页 |
| 1.3 Chinese diplomacy and official stance towards partnership with the EU until 2010 | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter 2-A Revised Theoretical Framework of Sino-EU Cooperation | 第32-45页 |
| Towards New Theoretical Frameworks | 第32-33页 |
| 2.1 Role Theory: Competitive role-play partnership and social learning | 第33-37页 |
| 2.2 The Great Recession and bilateral relations: An international Economics context of thepartnership | 第37-41页 |
| 2.3 Crisis of the liberal nation-states and the responses to the crisis in the EU | 第41-43页 |
| 2.4 Capability gaps of China-EU dialogue | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 3- Evaluation of Sino-EU Cooperation since 2010 | 第45-55页 |
| 3.1 Has the Sino-European cooperation been strategic in nature after 2010? | 第45-46页 |
| 3.2 The three pillars-Economy, Politics and People-to-People bonds | 第46-53页 |
| 3.3 The "16+1" Format in a detailed context | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter 4-Case study 16+1 Cooperation mechanism | 第55-62页 |
| 4.1 Introduction to the Case study | 第55-57页 |
| 4.2 The "16+1" and compatibility with EU norms | 第57-59页 |
| 4.3 Expectations from Central Eastern European countries and potential setbacks in thepartnership | 第59-61页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第61-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-63页 |
| Recommendations and possible directions of further studies for Sino-European partnership | 第63-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-70页 |
| Appendix | 第70-72页 |
| 附件 | 第72页 |
