The Chinese communist party seeks to bolster an image of international attractiveness while maintaining nationalistic fervour domestically with the ultimate goal of positioning China as a global competitor to western liberal democracy. In this episode Patrik Oksanen and Anna Rennéus Guthrie speak to Dr. Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova about her latest brief on the topic.
Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova is Head of the China Studies Centre at Riga Stradins University, Head of the Asia Programme at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, a member of CHOICE and European Think-tank Network on China.
The brief is available here.
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