China's influence in Europe | The Economist

 

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China's influence in Europe | The Economist (2:41)
infrastructure사회[공공] 기반 시설
profit (금전적인) 이익, 수익, 이윤
condemn(보통 도덕적인 이유로) 규탄[비난]하다
international tribunal국제재판소
find for/against~에게 유리한/불리한 판결[평결]을 내리다
stake 지분(持分)
booster(특히 정치적) 후원자
ally동맹국
stand with…와 일치하다, 조화를 이루다
exploit (부당하게) 이용하다
extreme (사람들 정치 조직 의견 등이) 극단적임, 극단
naive (경험·지식 부족 등으로) 순진해 빠진, (모자랄 정도로) 순진한
hostile적대적인
watchful(위험·사고 등이 생기지 않도록) 지켜보는[신경 쓰는]
transparency투명도[투명성]
think tank싱크 탱크, 두뇌 집

a group of experts who are gathered together by an organization,

especially by a government, in order to consider various problems

and try and work out ways to solve them.
free rider무임 승객; 불로 소득자
sponge off염치없이 붙어살다, …에게서 우려내다
vital생명 유지와 관련된, 생명 유지에 필수적인
intellectual property지적 재산
divide and rule(사람들이 단결하지 못하도록) 분할 통치하다
stand up to~에게 저항하다[맞서다]
prosperous번영한, 번창한
stable 안정된, 안정적인
spell trouble말썽을 일으키다

 

 

 

 

 

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China's influence in Europe | The Economist

 

Our cover this week focuses on China's investment in Europe, which over the past few years

has increased hugely into everything from industrial companies to airports and infrastructure, and to football clubs and media. Much of this is for profit, it's private and its harmless. But sometimes it's used to buy political influence.

For example, Greece and Hungary have worked together to stop Europe from condemning an international tribunal's finding against China in its plans in the South China Sea. China, like any rising economy, wants to invest money abroad. so it's bought stakes in Heathrow and other airports, and in industrial companies like PSA, which makes Citroen and Peugeot cars.

Some China boosters think that it makes a good ally in areas such as climate change, where China's president, Xi Jinping is standing with Europe, and America's president, Donald Trump isn't. But others worry that China may be driving Europe apart from America because it exploits its links with certain countries to make foreign policy hard in areas such as human rights. We argue that actually both extremes are wrong, both the naive extreme and the hostile extreme. Instead Europe needs to find something of a middle path. It should resist Chinese protectionism, not mimic it but remain open because openness is a strength.

But at the same time, it needs to be watchful over Chinese investments to make sure that they do not threaten national security. We also need transparency to see when China is giving money to political parties, to departments in universities, to media or think tanks.

And America has a role in this too. At the moment, under President Donald Trump, it tends to look at Europe as a free rider that's sponging off American power. In fact, Europe is a useful and vital ally in areas such as trade, intellectual property and security. China sometimes has a policy of divide and rule.

But if Europe speaks as one then it can stand up to China for decades to come. A prosperous, united Europe can make the world more stable. A divided weakened Europe spells trouble.