Forget who they are now of course, that was a long time ago reading about that. I think I still got some photocopies of that book I read it in from the library, those kind of books they would not even let us borrow.Anyways, one quick comment, going off tangent (no pun intended), about the political situation.
Europe in the past, had very good feelings about China. I cannot see how anything will prevent it from doing so again in the future. If we think Europe and China are too different today, then what about Europe and China back in the time of Kant or Rousseau?
Only the Americans, who routinely ignore and castigate history, would firmly believe otherwise.