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Rising Chinese wealth and international projection provokes significant economic and geopolitical changes in recent decades. This is particularly true for peripheral and semiperipheral countries such as those in Latin America and the Caribbean. Current literatures on Chinese relations with Latin America and the Caribbean are dominated by pollyannish expectations of simplicity or pessimistic predictions of conflict and collapse. We argue that room for positive outcomes in development, peace, and equity are possible through cooperative relations among Latin American countries and between the United States and China. To advance this argument, we draw attention to the methodological leverage obtained with attention to three elements: Chinese economic and policy development, variations across the countries and subregions of Latin America and the Caribbean, and key historical and sectoral characteristics of Chinese engagement.
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The exact placement of China among the top economies of the world depends on the use of nominal GDP, real GDP, GDP at purchasing power parity, or other measures. It is not our interest here to lead the reader into a discussion that has agitated the current academic circles, but to say China has grown significantly and markedly among all countries in recent decades.
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The ongoing Forums are China-LAC Infrastructure Cooperation Forum, China-LAC Business Summit, High-Level China-Latin America Investment and Cooperation Forum, China-CELAC Infrastructure Cooperation Forum, China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, China-CELAC Forum of Ministers of Agriculture, China-CELAC Science, Tech, and Innovation Forum, China-CELAC Digital Technology Anti-Epidemic Cooperation Forum, China-CELAC Poverty Reduction and Development Forum, China-LAC Martial Arts Exchange Forum, China-LAC Think Tanks Forum, China-CELAC High-Level Academic Forum, China-CELAC Local Government Cooperation Forum, China-LAC People’s Friendship Forum. The newly proposed ones are China-CELAC Space Cooperation Forum, China-LAC Legal Forum, China-CELAC Digital Technology Cooperation Forum, China-CELAC Transportation Cooperation Forum, China-CELAC Private Sector Cooperation Forum, China-CELAC University Dean Forum, China-LAC Youth Development Forum, and China-LAC Media Forum.
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International relations has increasingly elaborated relational approaches, in which the specific characteristics of actors (such as countries) can be read and understood through “connections, ties, transactions, and other kinds of relations among entities” (Jackson and Nexon 1999).
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Teixeira, A.G., Schneider, A. (2023). Introduction. In: Schneider, A., Teixeira, A.G. (eds) China, Latin America, and the Global Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18026-2_1
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