China Engages in Latin America : Tracing the Trajectory.

Intro -- 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.

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