Julia Strauss is Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She gained her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, is a member of APSA and AAS, and was Editor of The China Quarterly from 2002 to 2011.

• Editors' introduction: from going out (zou chuqu) to arriving in (desembarco): constructing a new field of inquiry in China-Latin America interactions Ariel C. Armony and Julia C. Strauss; 1. China, the United States and hegemonic challenges in Latin America: an overview and some lessons from previous instances of hegemonic challenge in the region Gonzalo Sebastián Paz; 2. Mapping Chinese mining investment in Latin America: politics or market? Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente; 3. Fear for manufacturing? China and the future of industry in Brazil and Latin America Rhys Jenkins and Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa; 4. The auto parts-automotive chain in Mexico and China: co-operation potential? Enrique Dussel Peters; 5. Harnessing the dragon: overseas Chinese entrepreneurs in Mexico and Cuba Adrian H. Hearn; 6. Framing and claiming: globalization and 'going out' in China's rhetoric towards Latin America Julia C. Strauss; 7. Online Chinese perceptions of Latin America: how they differ from the official view Simon Shen; 8. A view from afar: how Colombia sees China Ariel C. Armony; 9. The 'Socialist Other': Cuba in Chinese ideological debates since the 1990s Yinghong Cheng.

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