Sino-Europe relationship 'has great potential'

In the continent, unlike in the US, China is not seen as a major strategic competitor, says academic expert

Timothy Garton Ash believes China and Europe have the opportunity to forge one of the great-power relationships over the next few decades.

The internationally renowned historian and commentator says such an alliance has far more potential than any the world's second-largest economy may have with the United States since it would be devoid of superpower rivalry.