ANewEraforChinaLatinAmericanRelations:MoreOpportunitiesthanChallenges 2 43 hasbeenestablishedbetweenLatinAmericaandChina , whilesimilarbilateral channelsbetweentheEUandLatinAmericaarelacking.Amongthemthemost notableareChinasbecomingapermanentobserverattheOrganizationofAmerican States ( OAS ) in2004andamemberoftheInterAmericanDevelopmentBank ( IDB ) in 2009.Inaddition , ChinaisanobserverattheLatinAmericanParliamentandhas tieswiththe Rio Group , the Andean Communityand Caricom , as wellas Mercosur.Obviously , strongsupportfromthe majorityofLatin American countriesisthekeytoChinasinvolvementintheseinstitutionalplatforms. Chinaattachesconsiderableimportancetothisinstitutionalcooperation. TheChineseleadershipseesjoiningmultilateralgroupsasawayofreducing possibleapprehensionofChinaandalsoasaplatformforinstitutionalisedand predictableinteractions.Chinabecamethefortyeighth memberoftheInter AmericanDevelopmentBank ( IDB ) in2009 , thethirdfromEastAsia , following JapanandSouth Korea.Zhou Xiaochuan , governorofthePeoplesBankof China , highly praised theIDBs effortsto reduce poverty and promote developmentintheregionandsaidthattheIDBhasbecome “ themostimportant platform ” forChinascollaborationwiththisregionwhenheparticipatedinthe annualgovernorsassemblyoftheIDBheldinMedellinin2009 ( ZhouXiaochuan 2009 ) .ChinasfinancialcommunityisreadytoexpandcooperationwithLatin AmericafollowingChinasjoiningofIDB.Chinahascontributed USD350 millionthroughtheIDBtofundinitiativestohelpLatinAmericancountriescope withthecurrentglobaleconomicslowdown ( IDB2009 ) . 2.3 CooperationonaGlobalAgenda ChinahighlyvaluesLatinAmericasoverallimportanceintheinternational system.In1988 , MrDengXiaopinghadtheforesighttostatethatthetwenty firstcenturyshouldbethecenturyofboththePacificandLatinAmerica.Latin AmericaenjoysamuchhigherstatusinChinasforeignstrategythanasaraw materialssupplier , assomeobserversbelieve.ChinaseesLatinAmericaasan importantpartnerindealing withglobalissuesandreformingthecurrent internationalsystem. Buildingaprosperousdomesticeconomyinaglobalisingworldisacommon taskforbothChinaandLatinAmericancountries.Indoingso , bothsidesshould seektomaketheestablishedinternationaleconomicsystemmorereasonableand favourablefordevelopingcountries.Thecurrentworldrecessionhasmadeit clearthateventhe USAisvulnerabletothelimitationsoftheinternational financialsystem , while mostdevelopingcountriesaresurelyina weaker position.LearninglessonsfromtheAsianfinancialcrisisin1997 , mostLatin
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