Contents Preface Silk Road Initiative Fit into EU RecoveryGoals ‘Landslide’ EU Vote Result IsLess than It May Appear Back to Normal, But Still Much to Do Taking a Page from Europe’s Book Real Partnership with EU JustStarts Unfolding Czechs Help Build CommonProsperity Uneasy Times as Belgium Mournsthe Dead After Terror Attacks Opportunities for All as ChinaPursues Eco-friendly Growth Aging Population Not Necessarilya Burden Chinese Kids Abroad Need ChineseSchools Brussels Streets Show the Dual View of China Spring Festival DiplomacyCounters Critics’ Claims Davos Doubters Won over by China Swiss Offer Lessons in Soft Power New Year’s Wish: Greener Chinaand Safer Europe Climate Talks’ Legacy Must Not GoSilent Green Plans Need Coal MineClosures EU Can Gain by Granting MarketEconomy Status Rich Countries Should HonorClimate Vows Paris Success Would Boost GlobalConfidence This Father’s Hopes for Son’sSafety in His City Currency Inclusion Makes SystemFairer A Green Transformation over SixYears Plans for Next Five Years CanDraw on UKVisit Warning to EU Exposes BiasAgainst China EU Should Help Build More Bridgeswith China EU Must Pressure US into Takingin Syrian Refugees Western Leaders Missed RareChance to Build Peace Will Japan Ever Have Courage toOwn up to Its Past Tsipras Faces a Tough Task toTrigger Growth Time for EU and China to Act ona Free-Trade Deal Principals on Front Line ofClimate Change Education Property Market Needs SoundPolicy Foundations Many Benefits of a Grand Plan forAffordable Housing From Russia, with Peace, Progress andPurpose Will GreeceEver Seize Its ChinaOpportunities EU Should Fulfil Role of TrueStrategic Partner Time for Real Change, Not toShortchange French Support for Silk Road Initiatives EU Controls on Dual-Use TechExports Too Tight Western Politics Distorts Imageof China China’s New Road Began in Small Village West Has Spurned Putin’s PeaceGesture Let Words of Conflict Be Put toRest Deepen Ties ThroughNation-Province Pairing Belgium’s Mixed Signals to China A Loose Grasp of a Changing World EU Cannot Afford to Miss out onBank Egypt’s Capital Idea Is Bold andInnovative Rude Shock, and No Breakfast, ona High-Speed Train The 100-Minute Countdown to anApocalypse A Road by Any Other Name Stolen at Knifepoint: a Sense ofSafety PM’s Choice: New Ideas orPolitical Death Greece’s Path Is Neither Left nor Right A Time to Act, a Time to StickTogether Election at Risk of Becoming aGreek Tragedy Silk Road Initiatives Not Simply AboutTrade Tusk Should Prioritize Building Bridgewith China New Jobs Rising from China’s Smog The Gap Between EU Ambitions andReality West Needs to Recognize China’s GreenLeadership Juncker Follows in Footsteps ofHis Hero EU Needs Change of Approach to BeGreen Leader Weighing the Van Rompuy Years ofEU Courtesy, Not Confrontation, Bestfor Europe China Needs More Creative Input inEducation Let Everyone Feel the Joy of PaidVacation Beijing Expectant Over Change at EU Helm Voters of the EU Send out aWake-Up Call An Outline That Can Make a BigDifference Time to Nip Trouble in the Bud Cameron Scores Big in MediaSphere Disappointing Outcome to ClimateTalks Finding a Hotel Room in DavosChallenges Me Spending a Pretty Penny Can BeConfusing