中国的货币政策和中欧之间不平衡的贸易关系所引发的摩擦给不久前召开的亚欧峰会蒙上了阴影,会谈没有取得实质性进展。此外,会议议程上的关键性议题,比如中国在放开政府采购一事上仍对欧洲公司持保留态度,以及欧盟不愿意承认中国市场经济地位等问题,并不能决定欧洲各国的命运──真正能决定欧洲命运的是对知识的开发和利用。如果欧洲还想保持其在经 The frictions caused by China’s monetary policy and unbalanced trade relations between China and Europe cast a shadow over the Asia-Europe summit held recently and the talks did not make substantial progress. In addition, the key issues on the agenda of the meeting, such as China’s reservations on European companies in liberalizing government procurement and the EU’s reluctance to recognize the status of China’s market economy, cannot determine the destiny of European countries – indeed Deciding Europe’s fate is the development and use of knowledge. If Europe still wants to keep it in