China-EU relations in an era of world order transition from US-led hegemony to intertwined hegemony

The EU is facing the existing world order in transformation brought about by a dual complexity driven by the rise of China and China-US rivalry. The world is in a new era of “intertwined hegemony”, which implies a dynamic process of mutual challenge, mutual constraint, mutual need, and mutual accommodation engaged by both existing and emerging powers. It symbolizes a dynamic situation in which the existing system’s defenders and the emerging system challengers are intertwined in a constant interactive process of shaping and reshaping the world order. The EU needs to correctly conceptualize the dynamics of the new era and take the right strategic positioning