Comment: one good article on Sino-Europe relation. But this time, Sarkozy's strategy backfires since China's PM did not give a shit to this French playboy. Europe has too many short-sighted politicians, but no visionary leaders in this turbulent period of time, nobody like Robert Schuman. Sarkozy's weird behavior created a permanent bad-will between France and China. When the world arrives at crossroad of strutural change with respect to global financial system, you can be sure that China will partner with America, NOT Europe.
One factual mistake here: European community is created by with a mission to strengthen cooperation among Germany-France-Bel-Lux-Netherlands (Italy is a weird partner). EC is constructed with a implicit mission to counter the American influence, but the eastern expansion turned out to be a nightmare for Germany--all those former Eastern European nations are America's allies, the Trojan horses against Germany and France.