China's expansion into the western hemisphere
Subtitle: implications for Latin America and the United States
By: Riordan Roett, Guadalupe Paz, editors.
Contributors: Roett, Riordan, 1938-; Paz, Guadalupe, 1970-
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780815775539
Subjects: China -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign economic relations -- China.; China -- Foreign economic relations -- Latin America.; Latin America -- Foreign economic relations -- China.; China -- Commerce.
Description: "Analyzes the history and motivations of U.S.-China-Latin America relationship. Focuses on China's growing economic ties to the region, including Latin America's role in China's search for energy resources. Highlights the geopolitical implications of Chinese hemispheric policy and sets recent developments in the context of China's role in the developing world"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction : assessing the implications of China's growing presence in the   Western Hemisphere / Riordan Roett and Guadalupe Paz; value: The Chinese foreign policy perspective / Jiang Shixue; value: An alternative Chinese view / Xiang Lanxin; value: A view from Latin America / Juan Gabriel Tokatlian; value: A South-South perspective / Monica Hirst; value: China's economic rise / Robert Devlin; value: Latin America in the economic equation - winners and losers : what can losers do? / Francisco E. González; value: Latin America as China's energy supplier / Luisa Palacios; value: China's growing influence in Southeast Asia / Joshua Kurlantzick; value: China's new engagement with Africa / Chris Alden; value: The U.S.-China-Latin America triangle : implications for the future / Barbara Stallings.