The World Turned Upside Down: The Complex Partnership Between China and Latin America (Series on Contemporary China)
"About 12% of the world's population lives in the West and 88% live outside. Yet, the strong, diverse voices of the 88% are rarely heard. Alfredo Toro Hardy provides one such voice that needs to be heard, especially in the area of China's new relationships with Latin America. Given the new global trends of our time, this volume could not be more timely. It deserves careful study."-- Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, One of "the top 100 public intellectuals of the world" by Foreign Policy, Author of "The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World""This is the first book written by an eminent Latin-American figure on the relation between his region and the Asia-Pacific region with particular reference to China. As such this book fills a bibliographical vacuum. On the other hand, the author's ample experience on international affairs and his scholarship are reflected in a text full of invaluable information but at the same time clear and accurate. Once more Toro Hardy makes a fundamental contribution to the better understanding of Latin American realities."--Jorge Alberto Lozoya, Mexican Ambassador, Former Secretary General of the Iberian American Cooperation Secretariat, Former Chief of Advisers on Foreign Policy to the President of Mexico"Alfredo Toro Hardy offers an exceptionally lucid and well-informed account of the genesis and nature of this new 'upside-down world'. His question is what place there might be for the countries of Latin America. I know of no account of the present international economic order which is at once so informed, comprehensive, balanced, persuasive and accessible; none which takes a more imaginative view of the prospects for Latin America. Unlike most writing of its kind, it is also exciting. I cannot think who would not benefit from reading it, and not to enjoy doing so."-- Geoffrey Hawthorn, Professor Emeritus on International Politics and Political Theory, Former Director of the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge, Member of the Editorial Board of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs"This book by Alfredo Toro Hardy contains an excellent, updated and profound analysis of a momentous historical change: the rebalancing between East and West and the specific development of the China Latin American relationship within that process. This book, which could not have been published at a better time, provides a clear and convincing reflection on this subject in a well-structured and easy to read manner."--Xulio Rios, Coordinator of the Iberian American Network of Sinologists, Author of 10 books and numerous academic articles on China"This is unavoidable reading for decision-makers, businessmen and scholars who are confronted with the key question of how Latin America should prepare to cope with the new global powers of the 21st century."--Enrique Garcia, President of CAF --Development Bank of Latin American"Alfredo Toro Hardy offers an exceptionally lucid and well-informed account of the genesis and nature of this new 'upside-down world'. His question is what place there might be for the countries of Latin America. I know of no account of the present international economic order which is at once so informed, comprehensive, balanced, persuasive and accessible; none which takes a more imaginative view of the prospects for Latin America. Unlike most writing of its kind, it is also exciting. I cannot think who would not benefit from reading it, and not to enjoy doing so."-- Geoffrey Hawthorn, Professor Emeritus on International Politics and Political Theory, Former Director of the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge, Member of the Editorial Board of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs"This book by Alfredo Toro Hardy contains an excellent, updated and profound analysis of a momentous historical change: the rebalancing between East and West and the specific development of the China Latin American relationship within that process. This book, which could not have been published at a better time, provides a clear and convincing reflection on this subject in a well-structured and easy to read manner."--Xulio Rios, Coordinator of the Iberian American Network of Sinologists, Author of 10 books and numerous academic articles on China"This is unavoidable reading for decision-makers, businessmen and scholars who are confronted with the key question of how Latin America should prepare to cope with the new global powers of the 21st century."--Enrique Garcia, President of CAF -- Development Bank of Latin American