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Armenia-India partnership: geopolitical and geo-economic implications in the Eurasian context 亚美尼亚-印度伙伴关系：欧亚背景下的地缘政治和地缘经济影响

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-31 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00665-x

Radhika Lakshminarayanan, Tigran Yepremyan

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引用次数: 1

Bottom-up market-facilitation and top-down market-steering: comparing and conceptualizing green finance approaches in the EU and China 自下而上的市场促进与自上而下的市场导向:欧盟和中国绿色金融模式的比较与概念化

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-28 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00663-z

Mathias Lund Larsen

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引用次数: 4

A meteoric strategic partnership? The still long march of mutual understanding and trust between China and the Czech Republic 迅速发展的战略伙伴关系?中捷两国相互了解和信任的道路依然漫长

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00662-0

Fangxing Qin, Jeremy Garlick, Siyang Liu

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引用次数: 1

Not seeing eye to eye: perception of the China-EU economic relationship 看法不一致：对中欧经济关系的看法

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-21 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00658-w

Suetyi LAI

引用次数: 0

Technological intensity in manufacturing trade between ASEAN and the EU: challenges and opportunities 东盟与欧盟制造业贸易中的技术强度:挑战与机遇

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00661-1

Amadeo Navarro Zapata, María Arrazola, José de Hevia

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引用次数: 1

Measuring economic diplomacy using event study method: the case of EU-China summit talks and Airbus stock price changes 用事件研究方法衡量经济外交:以欧中首脑会谈和空客股价变动为例

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-16 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00660-2

Sunkung Choi

引用次数: 1

China and the European Union in Africa: win–win-lose or win–win-win? 中国与欧盟在非洲:双赢还是双赢?

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00656-y

Dewei Che, Adams Bodomo

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引用次数: 1

Divergences between the European Union and China on reducing international aviation emissions 欧盟和中国在减少国际航空排放方面的分歧

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-11 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00657-x

Duong Thi Thuy Mai, Bo Yan

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引用次数: 2

The EU and China in the climate regime: exploring different pathways towards climate justice 欧盟和中国在气候机制中的作用:探索实现气候正义的不同途径

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Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-022-00654-6

Franziskus von Lucke

引用次数: 0

Case studies investigating distorted supervisor-postgraduate relationship and solutions in Chinese universities 我国高校导师与研究生关系扭曲的个案研究及对策

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-022-00649-3

Huanling Ma, Lijing Huang, Wenji Fan, Zhao Cheng, Chang Zhu

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