This course explores the history and politics of Sino-European relations from the Cold War to the present. The Cold War was characterised by the supremacy of the United States and the Soviet Union, an initially divided and weakened Europe, and the progressive move away from bipolarity toward multipolarity, given the increasing relevance of Asia and especially China. This advanced class analyses the living legacy of these dynamics in contemporary Sino-European relations: it looks at the ‘continuity’ of China’s global strategy and at the role of Europe within it, from the Maoist vision of the Intermediate Zones to its more recent corollary, the Belt and Road Initiative. A structured analysis will be reserved to Xi Jinping transformation of contemporary China and to its impact over Sino-EU relations and Beijing bilateral diplomacy with France, Italy and Germany.