观念转变与内生动力——后冷战时期中欧关系本源初探

Changed Perceptions vis-à-vis Pragmatical Incentives:An Analysis of Root Causes of the Sino-EU Relations

与现实主义视角相对应,对后冷战时期中欧关系的考察还需要重视双方各自的思想本源。虽然中国和欧盟在实力、品质、结构和速度上存在明显的非对称性,但双方都寻求通过自身的调整与改革获得发展进而影响世界,因此二者之间较易达到妥协与合作。其利益交汇点也不仅在于双方关系丰富的层次和领域空间,而且还经由观念创新和制度性软力量所产生的影响朝第三方(即其他国际行为体)扩散,以应对经济全球化和国际政治多极化的趋势。在这一过程中,双方将长期相互借重,优势互补,中欧关系因之所具有的和平性、独立性、丰富性必然不断增强。

Opposite to the realist dimension, conceptual changes respectively in China and the EU also serve as a necessary parameter to examine their incentives for the bilateral relationship in the post-Cold War time. Despite the existing asymmetry in strength, quality, structure and pace of development, both parties undertake similar approaches to reform themselves and influence the outside world. It is therefore that each finds easier to accept and cooperate with the other. The Sino-European mutual interest not only flourishes as a multi-level and extensive one, but also penetrates into the world arena through conceptual innovation and collaborating regimes. Empowered by such a sustained complementarity, the peaceful, independent and comprehensive nature of the China-EU relations is deemed to grow steadily in general