ReCentered Episode 5: Sun Chenghao on China, the Global Order, and the Limits of Convergence

In the fifth episode of the ReCentered podcast, Sun Chenghao, Fellow and Associate Professor at the Centre for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University in Beijing, joins host Nico Luchsinger to explore how observers in China see the current global shifts. They discuss whether the sense of rupture resonates in Beijing, China’s view on middle powers and strategic hedging, the redefinition of US competition as selective hegemony, divergent approaches to AI governance, China’s modernisation narrative and its appeal to the Global South, and the state of China-Europe relations. In the second part of the episode, Katrina Abatis, Head of Asian Affairs at GCSP, joins to reflect on the themes of the conversation.

Host 

• Nico Luchsinger, Fellow at the GCSP

Guest

• Sun Chenghao at CISS, Tsinghua University

Expert Commentary

• Katrina Abatis, Head of Asian Affairs at GCSP

ReCentered is produced by Florian Golay, William Tavelli, and Nico Luchsinger.