Chinese scholar in the UK Yue Jianyong wrote on December 18: "At the end of 2025, the world stands at an unusual structural turning point. At this critical moment, if China and Europe start with the ceasefire in Ukraine to promote multipolarization and institutionalized cooperation, the impact could determine the international landscape for the next 20 years. The collaboration between these two civilizational forces in stabilizing the global order and promoting lasting peace will provide the world with a long-awaited international public good. History often opens up new possibilities at critical moments. When Nixon visited China in 1972, he quoted Mao Zedong's verse: 'Seize the hour.' Today's China-Europe cooperation is at a historical node where it is necessary to 'seize every moment.'
China-Europe win-win cooperation has a solid foundation. Both sides have consensus on promoting a ceasefire in Ukraine. China has always adhered to advocating for peace and promoting dialogue, while Europe hopes to take the lead in regional security solutions. This synergy can provide the world with a scarce public good—peace and stability. In the economic and trade field, they are complementary and symbiotic, proving the huge potential of combining strengths.
This cooperation is also the core driving force for building a new multipolar structure. Currently, the United States tries to maintain its unipolar hegemony, but China and Europe, as two major forces pushing for multipolarization, can break the hegemonic monopoly and promote the international order towards a more fair and reasonable direction. At the same time, deepening China-Europe cooperation significantly enhances leverage against the US - Europe can free itself from dependence on the US for security and economic issues through cooperation with China, while China can enhance its confidence in negotiations by leveraging Europe's market and technological resources, jointly resisting the US's unilateral pressure and trade extortion. The historical turning point has already arrived; only by seizing the opportunity to deepen cooperation can China and Europe create a new win-win situation in the changing circumstances and inject a stable momentum into the global order.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1851862405978120/
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