Latin America

China’s Overtures In Latin America

18 April 2006

BROWN JOURNAL OF WORLD AFFAIRS (PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND)--Reports of China’s activities in Latin America and the Caribbean have been studded with superlatives. In the decade ending in 2003, Sino-Latin American trade increased 600 percent. The USD 40 billion in bilateral trade in 2004 surpassed that of Japan’s trade with Latin American states. There has been a proliferation in the number of Chinese language classes for Latin American children and adults and an increase in high-level visits from virtually every Latin American country to Beijing. By all accounts, China’s activities in Latin America are accelerating dramatically. Source: http://www.bjwa.org/article.php?id=
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