One Country – Two Faces: China’s Turn from an Economic Partner to Security Concern for Lithuania
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2022
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Rīga Stradiņš University
Abstract
The chapter provides an overview of the relations between the People’s Republic of China and Lithuania since early 1990s, when bilateral diplomatic relations were formally established. It presents the evolution of the perception of China in Lithuania from that of an economic opportunity toward security concern, not only due to China’s activities in Lithuania but more importantly due to the implications of China’s rise to the international order more broadly. The chapter also reveals the role that Taiwan issue has played in the change of this perception and in the shift in Lithuania’s China policy recently.
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This publication results from the project “China's Role and Perception in the Baltic States: Implications for National Security and NATO” (NATO Public Diplomacy Division's Co-Sponsorship Grant)
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China-Lithuania relations, Lithuania's perception of China, bilateral trade, national security
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Mačikėnaitė, V. (2022). One Country – Two Faces: China’s Turn from an Economic Partner to Security Concern for Lithuania. In Andžāns, M., and Bērziņa-Čerenkova, U. A. (Eds.), China in the Baltic States – from a Cause of Hope to Anxiety (pp. 55–88). Rīga Stradiņš University. https://doi.org/10.25143/China-in-the-Baltic-States_2022_ISBN_9789934618154_55-88