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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.