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China and Latin America - Development, Agency and Geopolitics (Hardcover)
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China and Latin America - Development, Agency and Geopolitics (Hardcover)
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China's role as an economic powerhouse in Latin America is
reshaping a region on the cusp of development and change. Since the
turn of the century, bilateral trade between China and Latin
America has increased massively, going from $12.17 billion in 2000
to $307.94 billion in 2019. From the pampas of Argentina and the
vast Brazilian Amazon to Panama's canal and Jamaica's coastal
waters, China is financing roads, railways, dams and ports that are
transforming regional economies and societies. Beyond China's
global search for resources and markets, Bejing's engagement with
Latin America is amplified by cutting-edge technologies and a
growing assertiveness in regional diplomatic and military affairs.
The United States, once complacent in its dominant position over
its proverbial 'backyard', is increasingly alarmed by the spectacle
of deepening Chinese involvement in this part of the Western
hemisphere. What are we to make of these shifting dynamics? In this
detailed and up-to-the-minute investigation, Chris Alden, author of
the critically acclaimed China in Africa, and Alvaro Mendez,
leading expert in the international relations of Latin America,
look at the interests, strategies and practices of China's incoming
power. The book starts by unpacking the historical links between
Imperial China and Colonial Latin America through the 19th century,
then turns to the revolutionary role played by Mao's China during
the Cold War. Next, it turns to global China's contemporary
expansion into Latin America by focusing on the development
dimensions of engagement in individual countries, and concurrently,
on the exercise of agency by Latin American governments and
societies intent on managing Chinese interests to their advantage.
Finally, the book addresses these relationships in the context of
heightened global competition between China and the United States,
which in Latin America manifests as sharpened contestation over
everything from investment in lithium mining to the promotion of
Covid vaccines.
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