2nd ASEF Summer School – Asia and Europe: Towards A Better Mutual Understanding

The publication “Asia and Europe – Towards a Better Mutual Understanding” represents a culmination of the 2^nd ASEF Summer School, organised in Beijing, China from 22^nd August to 5^th September 1999. The articles compiled in this book will be a fruitful source for anybody who is interested in contemporary Asia and Europe as well as in the future relationship between the two regions. Amongst other topics, they provide the reader an insight into

• History and Culture of Asia
• Historical and Cultural Roots of European Integration in the 19^th and 20^th centuries
• Regional Co-operation in the Asia-Pacific
• The ASEM Process.