Recently German publisher LAP LAMBERT released the book “Between Dragons and Bridges: Production of Relational Knowledge about China” written by the former VMU student Daiva Repečkaitė. In her book the author explores changing images of China from post-soviet country to the world’s super power through cheap production provider.

More information about the book can be found in Amazon.com website.

Daiva Repečkaitė studied Japanese language at VMU and was an active member of students’ club “Hashi”, in 2007 she completed her BA studies in political science at Vilnius University. Later she graduated from an MA program at the University of Central Europe (Budapest). Presently she is a PhD student of cultural anthropology at the Free University of Amsterdam and works as a senior specialist in the Institute of Public Politics and Management. She also studied in South Korea, Japan, Israel,and Sweden. Her interests include contemporary processes in East Asian region, migration and construction of images.

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