Latin America Facing China

Alex E. Fernandez Jilberto is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Amsterdam. Barbara Hogenboom is Lecturer in Political Science at the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) in Amsterdam. Together they have published several edited volumes, including Big Business and Economic Development - Conglomerates and Economic Groups in Developing Countries and Transition Economies (Routledge, 2008), Good Governance in the Era of Global Neoliberalism. Conflict and Depolitisation in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa (Routledge, 2004), and Miraculous Metamorphoses: The Neoliberalization of Latin American Populism (Zed Books, 2001).

• List of Tables List of Figures Preface Alex E. Fernandez Jilberto and Barbara Hogenboom Chapter One. Latin America and China: South-South Relations in a New Era Alex E. Fernandez Jilberto and Barbara Hogenboom Chapter Two. Brazil and China: From South-South Cooperation to Competition? Henrique Altemani de Oliveira Chapter Three. Mexico vs. China: The Troublesome Politics of Competitiveness Barbara Hogenboom Chapter Four. Neoliberalized South-South Relations: Free Trade between Chile and China Alex E. Fernandez Jilberto Chapter Five. Argentina's Relations with China: Opportunities and Challenges Carla V. Oliva Chapter Six. China and Venezuela's Search for Oil Markets Javier Corrales Chapter Seven. Bridging the Pacific: Peru's Search for Closer Economic Ties with China Ruben Berrios Chapter Eight. Bolivia and China: Indirect Relations in a Global Market Pablo Poveda Chapter Nine. Central America between two Dragoons: Relations with the two Chinas Gabriel Aguilera Peralta Chapter Ten. Latin America from Washington Consensus to Beijing Consensus? Alex E. Fernandez Jilberto and Barbara Hogenboom Contributors

[A] crucial contribution to Latin American Studies on a subject of ever increasing urgency. From a political economy perspective this sophisticated yet accessible volume covers the waterfront of major domestic and international relations issues raised by China's growing influence in the region. The focus on the longer-term development implications of the relationship for Latin America raise a critical question that cuts to the core of Latin America's perennial dilemma. How will the region wean itself off raw materials exports as the principal engine of economic growth? The relationship with China, in any case, does not seem to be the path.A" * Eduardo Silva, University of Missouri at St. Louis