2 42 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation PresidentLuladuringtheG20LondonSummitinApril2009.Besidesthesebig countries , Chinaalsovaluesitsrelationswithsmallerones , suchasCostaRica , inalongtermperspective. Intheeconomicarena , bilateralcooperationhasbeenwinwin.Chinahas emergedasthesecondbiggesttrading partnerof Latin Americaandthe Caribbean.Inhis2004visittoLatinAmerica , PresidentHuJintaocommitted ChinatoattainingUSD100billioninbilateraltradevolumeby2010:however , thefigurewassurpassedasearlyas2007 , whichshowsthegreatpotentialof bilateraltrade ( Zhou Wenzhong2009 ) .ChinasurpassedtheUSAasBrazils largesttradepartnerin2009 ( Xinhuanet2009 ) .TheBilateralFree Trade Agreement ( FTA ) with Chileisworking well , andsimilarFTA negotiations withCostaRicaandPeruaresettobeconcluded.Chinaisthemostfrequent userofthePanamaCanalaftertheUSAandJapan.Chinasdirectinvestmentin LatinAmericatotalled USD24.8billionin2008 ( Moxley2010 ) .Chinas investmentintheexplorationofBrazilsnewfounddeepseaoilfieldisamore recentexample of winwin cooperation.Financialcooperation hasalso gained momentuminrecentyears.Againstthebackgroundofthecurrentinternational financialcrisis , ChinasboomingeconomicrelationshipwithLatinAmericasendsouta hopefulmessagetothecurrentlyunbalancedandvulnerableworldeconomy. Intheculturalarena , bothsidesvaluethedevelopmentofpeopletopeople links.Bilateraltourism andculturalexchangehavebeenpromotedbythe Chinesegovernmentaspartofpublicdiplomacy.Chinahasdesignatedmorethan 16countriesintheregionasapproveddestinationsforChinesecitizenstotravel astourists.ConfuciusInstitutesandlanguageandculturalinstituteshavebeen establishedatselecteduniversitiesacrosstheregion.Learning Mandarinis becomingincreasinglypopularinLatin America , notleastforthebusiness opportunitiesitbringswithit ( Forero2006 ) .Networksofinformalsummitsand meetings , eitherinChinaorinLatinAmerica , havebeenestablishedtobring opinionformerstogether ( Kurlantzick2006 ) .Chinasdevelopmentexperiences andvisionsofpeacefuldevelopmentandaharmoniousworldhaveaverystrong culturaland historicalbackground.Butto understandthem properly , an adequateknowledgeofChinesecultureisrequired.Suchpersonallinkages , includingbilateralexchangesbetweenacademiaandthinktanks , areplayinga positiveroleindeepeningmutualunderstanding. 2.2 InstitutionalisingRegionalInvolvement Withdeepeningandbroadeningcooperation , increasingimportanceisbeing giventoregionalinstitutions.Institutionaliseddialoguethroughvariouschannels
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