Latvia and China: Entering the Post-Optimism Period

TIn order to demonstrate the changes in behaviour and the current policy goals from Latvia’s perspective, this chapter of the book "China in the Baltic States – from a Cause of Hope to Anxiety" 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.