The tropical silk road, the future of China in South America
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The tropical silk road, the future of China in South America
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The tropical silk road
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Sub title
the future of China in South America
Summary
This book captures an epochal juncture of two of the world's most transformative processes: the People's Republic of China's rapidly expanding sphere of influence across the global south and the disintegration of the Amazonian, Cerrado, and Andean biomes. The intersection of these two processes took another step in April 2020, when Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a "New Health Silk Road" agenda of aid and investment that would wind through South America, extending the Eurasian-African "Belt and Road Initiative" to a series of mine, port, energy, infrastructure, and agrobusiness megaprojects in the Latin American tropics. Through thirty short essays, this volume brings together an impressive array of contributors, from economists, anthropologists, and political scientists to Black, feminist, and Indigenous community organizers, Chinese stakeholders, environmental activists, and local journalists to offer a pathbreaking analysis of China's presence in South America. As cracks in the progressive legacy of the Pink Tide and the failures of ecocidal right-wing populisms shape new political economies and geopolitical possibilities, this book provides a grassroots-based account of a post-US centered world order, and an accompanying map of the stakes for South America that highlights emerging voices and forms of resistance
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Future of China in South America
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Contributor
Subject
- China -- Foreign economic relations -- South America
- Investments, Chinese -- South America
- Electronic books
- South America -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- South America -- Environmental conditions
- South America -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- South America -- Foreign economic relations -- China
Content
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- Contributor1
- Subject7
- China -- Foreign economic relations -- South America
- Investments, Chinese -- South America
- Electronic books
- South America -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- South America -- Environmental conditions
- South America -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- South America -- Foreign economic relations -- China
- Content1