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NATO Stratcom Talk: China’s Influence in the Nordic-Baltic Region
December 9, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am EST
This event will discuss how the increased Chinese interest toward the Nordic-Baltic region is coupled with the region being a nexus for the northern part of the Belt- and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Arctic Silk Road.
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Panelists will discuss the more active approach from the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese state media towards the Nordic-Baltic countries. Register to hear their thoughts on:
~ How does the Chinese government entities influence public debate and media coverage about China?
~ What narratives about China and about the Chinese are being promoted in the Nordic-Baltic region?
~ What kind of new information activities are China applying in the region?
Speaker: Dr. Björn Jerdén, political scientist, Head of Asia Programme and Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm.
Moderator: Dr. Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, political scientist, China scholar, Head of Riga Stradins University China Studies Centre, Head of the New Silk Road program at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs.