For decades, European countries assumed that China is a benign force in international relations.
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Peattie, Drea, and van de Ven, eds., The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, 2010
This review by Roger Brown was originally published by the H-War discussion list and is reproduced here under Creative Commons license.
Craughwell, The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World, 2010
Timothy May reviews the book for H-War, June 2010.
Clements, Wellington Koo: China (Makers of the Modern World), 2008.
Yongjin Zhang reviews the book for H-Diplo.
Wakabayashi, ed. The Nanking Atrocity, 1937-38- Complicating the Picture, 2007
This edited volume was reviewed by Sven Saaler for H-Genocide in September 2009. It is reprinted here under Creative Commons license.
Paul H. Kratoska, Asian Labor in the Wartime Japanese History: Unknown Histories, 2005.
Bill Sewell reviews the book for H-US-Japan.
Kim, Holy War in China: The Muslim Rebellion and State in Chinese Central Asia, 1864-1877, 2004.
Paul Lococo Jr. reviews the book for H-War.
Lee, The Bible and the Gun: Christianity in South China, 1860-1900, 2003
Ian Welch reviews the book for H-Asia.
Jordon, China's Trial by Fire: The Shanghai War of 1932, 2001
Kent McKeever reviews the book for H-Asia.
Dreyer, China at War, 1901-1949, 1995.
Edward A. McCord reviews the book for H-War, September 1995.
Selection from American Military History-The U.S. Army in Vietnam, 1989
Chapter 28, The U.S. Army in Vietnam by Vincent H. Demma
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European views toward China are not uniform. Europeans recognize China's economic prowess and clearly favor continued ties, but majorities in much of Europe now have a negative view towards China.
Events
Tensions evident in the recent European Union-China virtual summit reflect the increasing skepticism in Europe toward China and the worries over Ukraine and economic ties as well as human rights and environmental issues.