Bridging the Oceans #45: China’s Quest for Control at Home and Abroad

<p class="LeadParagraph-module--component--43212"><em>Originally published 21 December 2022. </em></p> <p class="LeadParagraph-module--component--43212">Tough times lie ahead for Beijing, with a turbulent external environment now matched with domestic unrest.</p> <div class="Article-module--paragraphs--488a8"> <div class="TextParagraph-module--component--f8492"> <div> <p>To round out 2022, Veerle and Dr Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin, reflect on a turbulent year for China policy. From a downward spiral in Sino-US relations and tensions over Taiwan, to the war in Ukraine and Beijing’s relationship with Moscow, this has been a tumultuous year. The search for a predictable framework to relations between China and the West provides some limited hope for 2023, but the fundamental differences between these actors remain, and another difficult year likely lies ahead.</p> </div> </div> </div>