James F. Downes
Assistant Professor, Head of Politics and Public Administration Programme, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Dr. James F. Downes is an Assistant Professor I in Comparative Politics & International Relations at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. James is the Programme Leader of the Politics & Public Administration Programme at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. James is a Research Fellow in the Global Europe Centre, at the University of Kent/Brussels School of International Studies, alongside an Affiliated Researcher at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (Co-Funded by the European Union) at Hong Kong Baptist University for the Project titled: “Improving Institutional Trust in Times of Pandemics.” He is also an Associate Research Fellow at CeRSP (Italy).
Jun 09, 2023
James F. Downes, Mathew Wong and Man Hoo So argue that the EU-China relationship has evolved considerably over recent years into a growing global rivalry in 2023. They argue that whilst the EU has become more interventionist towards China in 2023, there exists large divisions within the core EU institutions alongside EU member states towards relations with China.