Latvia and China: Entering the Post-Optimism Period
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2022
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Rīga Stradiņš University
Abstract
TIn order to demonstrate the changes in behaviour and the current policy goals from Latvia’s perspective, this chapter covers the historic relations between Latvia and China, followed by an overview of economic cooperation, and an insight of how the relations have been perceived recently from the Annual Reports of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia and Annual Reports on the Activities of Latvian State Security Service, additionally explaining survey data reviewed in recent years on the Latvian perception of China.
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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-Latvia Relations, Diplomacy, National Security, Cybersecurity, NATO, Perceptions of China in Latvia
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Kante, J. (2022). Latvia and China: Entering the Post-Optimism Period. In Andžāns, M., and Bērziņa-Čerenkova, U. A. (Eds.), China in the Baltic States – from a Cause of Hope to Anxiety (pp. 32–54). Rīga Stradiņš University. https://doi.org/10.25143/China-in-the-Baltic-States_2022_ISBN_9789934618154_32-54