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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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ANewEraforChinaLatinAmericanRelations:MoreOpportunitiesthanChallenges 41 bothsidesareworkingtogethertopromotereformofthecurrentinternational systemandeffectivegovernanceonglobalissues.Therelationshipbetween Braziland Chinahasbeenthe modelforSouthSouthcooperationandhas increasingglobalimplications. Asanewcomerandanemergingglobalplayer Chinaalsofacesspecial challengesin Latin America.Issuessuch astradecompetition Taiwan development models and geopoliticalfactors complicate bilateralrelations significantly.How thesechallengesaredealt with willbecrucialinthe developmentoffutureSinoLatinAmericanrelations. 2.犆犺犻狀犪狊犔犪狋犻狀犔犲犪狆犉狅狉狑犪狉犱 Chinas30yearsofgrowthhavebeenheavilyreliantonforeigninvestments andoverseasmarkets whichhavehelpedittobecomeanactiveinternational player.Motivatedprimarilybyitseconomicdevelopment theeconomiclinkages betweenChinaand Latin Americahavebecome muchstronger.Chinahas improveditsrelationswithAfricaandLatinAmericagreatlysincetheendofthe Cold War.Whiletheserelationshave mainlyinvolvedeconomicactivities comprehensiveengagementisdevelopingatvariouslevels.Itisfairtosaythat SinoLatinAmericanrelationshaveenteredanewphase. 2.1 ComprehensiveBilateralCooperation In2004 PresidentHuJintaooutlinedthreeobjectivesinthedevelopmentof SinoLatin Americanrelations:first supportingeach otherpoliticallyand buildinganallroundfriendship second complementingeachothereconomically andbuildinga mutuallybeneficial winwinpartnershiponanew basis and third enhancingculturalexchangesandservingasamodelfordialoguebetween differentcivilisations Hu2004 .WhatChinaispursuingisacomprehensive relationshipwithLatinAmerica. Inthepoliticalsphere ChinaandmanyLatinAmericancountriesmaintain closetiesandconsiderablepoliticaltrust.Therehavebeenunprecedentedand intensivehighlevelofficialvisitsbyChinatoLatin Americaoverthepast decade.Regularcommunicationsbetweenparliamentswereestablishedbetween ChinaandBrazil aswellasbetweenChinaandChile.Suchpoliticalvisitshavenot onlyenhancedbilateralpoliticaltrustbuthavealsopromotedeconomiccooperation. ChinahasestablishedstrategicpartnershipswithBrazil Argentina Mexico VenezuelaandPeru.Allpartnerssharethevisionofamultipolarworldorder. Amongthem Brazilisaccordedspecialimportance:PresidentHucalledthe bilateralrelationshiponeofglobalinfluencewhenhemetwithhiscounterpart