"China does not currently enjoy a positive image in Europe. This is primarily due to the country's rise to global power status and the associated domestic and foreign policy tensions, as well as its robust and rather challenging assertion of its interests."

MPIWG Research Group Leader Anna L. Ahlers and Thomas Heberer on European research cooperation with China in their article "More Exchange At Eye-Level," in the newest issue of Global Cooperation Research Magazine.

The magazine Global Cooperation Research was established in 2019 by the Centre for Global Cooperation Research, an institute of the University Duisburg-Essen serving as a platform for global cooperation research and related academic endeavors.