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Description of  China-Latin America and the Caribbean: Assessment and Outlook (Routledge Contemporary Asian Societies)

This book assesses the political, economic and geopolitical dynamics that Chinas presence has initiated throughout Latin America and the Caribbean between 2008 and 2020. Written by experts across three continents, contributions to this edited volume explore the bilateral relations that China has developed with almost all Latin American and Caribbean countries, charting both the benefits they have brought and the problems that these relations have created for local actors. The book analyses the emergence of new forms of "dependence", considers issues such as the existence of a deindustrialization phenomenon throughout Latin America and ultimately questions whether China and the United States are engaged in a zero-sum game in the region. It also investigates challenges that the densification of the web of Chinas relations and exchanges with Latin America and the Caribbean countries pose not only to the United States and European countries, as traditional partners of these states, but also to Latin American regionalism. Read more