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Europe and China in 2023: an agreement to disagree?

EU’s offer to China of a free Covid vaccine – a helping hand Beijing says is unnecessary, despite the rise in infections after the communist government's end the zero-Covid policy. The rather chilly exchange is a reminder that difficulties in relations with China will be a dominant theme in European public affairs in 2023, including domestic issues such as health and education as well as diplomacy and trade. Let’s take these areas one by one.