China Engages Latin America: Tracing the Trajectory

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While the United States is preoccupied with the Middle East, what inroads is China making into Latin America? In China Engages Latin America, experts from three continents provide local answers to this global question. The authors explore the multiple motivations driving the establishment of new Sino Latin American linkages, the nature of those linkages, and the reactions that they have generated (not least, in the US). Enriching their analysis, they also examine how China Latin America relations have developed over more than two hundred years. The result is a work that deals with key issues of broad regional relevance, as well as country-specific political, economic, and cultural concerns. Book Title Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword ch 1-China and Latin America: A New Era of an Old Exchange The Early Trajectory of China’s Engagement with Latin America China, Latin America, and the Cold War: From the Third World to Renewed Diplomacy Sino–Latin American Relations Today: Emerging Trends of a Diplomatic Great Leap Forward The Key Findings at a Glance Notes Part 1: Grand Strategies and Local Responses ch 2-The China–Latin America Relationship: Convergences and Divergences A New Relationship Beyond Conventional Approaches Global Level: Models of Development Hemispheric Level: The Weight of Attitudes Domestic Level: Informal Rules and Institutions Conclusion Notes ch 3-Ten Key Questions 1. Why Is Latin America Important for China? 2. Recent Advances in Sino–Latin American Relations 3. Problem Areas in China–Latin America Relations 4. Areas of Misunderstanding 5. The US Factor in Sino–Latin American Relations 6. The Economic Crisis and New Opportunities for Cooperation 7. China’s First Policy Paper on Latin America: Loud Voice or Silent Action? 8. Bridges to Latin America: The Overseas Chinese 9. The Taiwan Issue in Sino–Latin American Relations 10. Neocolonialism vs. South-South Cooperation Notes ch 4-Economic Fundamentals of the Relationship Macroeconomic Trends Revisiting China’s Effect on Latin America: Three Myths China as a Destination for Latin American Exports South-South Cooperation at the Firm Level Three Policy Recommendations Conclusion Notes ch 5-China’s Challenge to Latin American Development The Debate So Far Economic and Trade Performance: China and Latin America Compared State and Market: The Need for Synthesis Conclusion: Back to the Future Notes ch 6-The Obama Administration, Latin America, and the Middle Kingdom A Region in Flux: US Goals and Chinese Strategies Venezuela and Brazil: The Geopolitics of the South The Obama Administration: New Opportunities or Rising Constraints? Domestic Constraints Facing the Obama Administration Conclusion Notes ch 7-Conflicting US Perceptions of China’s Inroads in Latin America The Politics of Posturing China’s Economic Relationship with Latin America Crisis Management Political and Security Concerns The Taiwan Factor Governance and Transparency: Challenges for the Future Conclusion: From Threat to Stakeholder? Notes Part 2: Country Studies ch 8-China and Mexico: Trade, Migration, and Guanxi China’s Macroeconomic Relations with Mexico The Chinese Diaspora in Mexico Trans-Pacific Guanxi: The Chinese Associations of Mexicali and Tijuana Conclusion: Sociability Cuts Both Ways Notes ch 9-China’s Relations with Mexico and Chile: Boom for Whom? Diverging Trajectories of China’s Trade with Latin America Trajectory A: Chile and the Power of Copper Trajectory B: Commercial Stress and Market Competition with Mexico Bringing Structuralism Back In: Is Trajectory A Sustainable? The Global Financial Crisis: Implications for China’s Relations with Mexico and Chile Conclusion Notes ch 10-China and Cuba: Past, Present, and Future Alliance Politics: Socialism with Local Characteristics Economic and Trade Ties Cooperation in Education, Science, and Industry Chinese Cubans: Bridges to the Mainland The China–Cuba–United States Triangle The Future of China-Cuba Relations Notes ch 11-China’s Relations with Central America and the Caribbean States: Reshaping the Region Symbols Under the Weight of Ideology: Taiwan, the Cold War, and the Motherland Multidimensional Politics: The Battle Beyond Symbols Trade: China and the Material World We Come from the Land of Rice: Chinese Immigrants and Cultural Diplomacy in the CACZ Conclusion: Multidimensional Fantasies Notes ch 12-China and Venezuela: Oil, Technology, and Socialism The Broad Parameters of China-Venezuela Cooperation Oil: The Prime Mover of Venezuela’s Foreign Relations Telecommunications: From Satellites to Cell Phones The China-US-Venezuela Triangle Prospects and Pressures Notes ch 13-China and Brazil: Two Trajectories of a “Strategic Partnership” A Short History of Sino-Brazilian Relations Tracing Two Trajectories: China and Brazil in the Twenty-first Century Money Talks: Sino-Brazilian Trade and Investment Conclusion: China, Brazil, and the World Notes ch 14-China and Argentina: Beyond the Quest for Natural Resources The 1970s: The Period of Diplomatic Recognition The 1980s: The Period of Intensifying Bilateral Ties The 1990s: Policy Adjustment and Search for Common Goals The 2000s: Major Issues and Prospective Directions The Tensions of Economic Crisis Conclusion: Constraints and Prospects in Sino-Argentine Relations Notes Part 3: Conclusion ch 15-China, Latin America, and the Trajectory of Change Notes Bibliography The Contributors Index About the Book