2023 outlook: Elections, zero-COVID exit to shape U.S.-China ties

Beijing will be torn between impulses to reach out and to lash out

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Joe Biden listens during a meeting with Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali on Nov. 14: There is no reason to think that the U.S. will dial back its competitive approach. © AP

Daniel Russel is the Asia Society Policy Institute's vice president for international security and diplomacy and was previously U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs.

The year 2023 will be bracketed between two sets of major political milestones for China and the U.S.

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