German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang (left) during a news conference at the chancellery in Berlin on July 9, 2018. Photo: REUTERS

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Europe’s self obsession nurtured its naivety about China for the wrong reasons. It’s time for a reality check

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Throughout the EU’s history, Europe’s leaders were more concerned with links between themselves than with the global economy, in particular Asia

At the heart is the erroneous belief that the world economy rests on Europe, the US and Japan. The naivety was to dismiss China, Asia and Africa

David Dodwell

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Published: 4:04pm, 24 Mar, 2019

Updated: 4:04pm, 24 Mar, 2019

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang (left) during a news conference at the chancellery in Berlin on July 9, 2018. Photo: REUTERS

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Europe’s self obsession nurtured its naivety about China for the wrong reasons. It’s time for a reality check

Throughout the EU’s history, Europe’s leaders were more concerned with links between themselves than with the global economy, in particular Asia At the heart is the erroneous belief that the world economy rests on Europe, the US and Japan. The naivety was to dismiss China, Asia and Africa

Throughout the EU’s history, Europe’s leaders were more concerned with links between themselves than with the global economy, in particular Asia

At the heart is the erroneous belief that the world economy rests on Europe, the US and Japan. The naivety was to dismiss China, Asia and Africa