CIAO DATE: 10/2012
Winter 2012
China's Global Rise: Implications for the Americas
The Fast Ramp-Up (PDF)
Ryan Berger
The economics of the China-Latin America relationship.
Elizabeth Economy
Unless the leadership in Beijing changes course, it faces increasing isolation. (video interview available)
Osvaldo Rosales
The impact of Chinese exports on four countries in the region.
China's Military Activity in Latin America
Gabriel Marcella
What is the Chinese military doing in Latin America?
Zhang Mingde
A senior Shanghai scholar says China poses no threat to the region.
Memo to Washington: China's Growing Presence in Latin America
Eric Farnsworth
U.S. complacency toward China's economic activities in the hemisphere is shortsighted.
Keith Dannemiller
Mexicans and Chinese learn, play and work together.
Barbara Kotschwar
Asia leads Latin America in infrastructure.
Silvio Waisbord
New technology has expanded the media choices available to Latin Americans. But don't expect it to usher in a new era of citizen engagement. (audio interview available)
Lowell Dittmer
In the "new" developing world, China looks for trade partners-not revolutionary allies.
Guatemala's Military Man, Nicaragua's Revolutionary
Mike McDonald
The newly elected leaders of Guatemala and Nicaragua are familiar. So are the problems they face.
Ariel Armony
China's informal business culture finds a too-familiar environment in Latin America.
Ask The Experts: China's Global Rise
Minxin Pei, Connie Mack, Don Hanna, Luis Fleschman
Does China represent an economic and political threat to the U.S. in the Western Hemisphere?
Chinese (Un)official Development Aid
Martin Vieiro
Is China's assistance to developing countries undermining development?