In search of China`s perception of Europe through the Tibet Incident: Memory, complex, and symptoms

Abstract

China-Europe relations have intensified in recent decades, but there are still some awkward elements impeding the progress of bilateral relations. Tensions came to a head with the international reaction to the suppression of protests in Tibet in March 2008, through which China`s misperception of Europe appears to have deepened. In order to uncover the root cause of this misperception, the present article adopts a historical and psychological approach in analyzing China`s views of Europe. The author wgues that historical trauma and psychological causes are the main underlying reasons for the dive, between China and Europe.