ANewLookattheTriangulationbetweentheEU , ChinaandLatinAmerica 3 95 3.犆犺犻狀犪犔犪狋犻狀犃犿犲狉犻犮犪狀犚犲犾犪狋犻狅狀狊 NomatterwhofirstlandedintheAmericas , provencontactsbetweenChina andLatinAmericacanbedatedbacktothe1570s , whenSinoLatinAmerican tradestartedtoflourishacrossthePacific. 1 Via Manila , Chinaexportedsilk , porcelainandcottonyarntoMexicoandPeru , inexchangeforsilvercoinsand otheritems.Inthemiddleofthenineteenthcentury , peasantsfromsouthern ChinawenttoSouthAmericaandtheCaribbeanas “ contractlabourers ” working inminesandplantations. AfterthePeoplesRepublicofChinawasfoundedin1949 , afew Latin Americancountriessoughtdiplomaticrelations.DuetoUSopposition , however , theireffortsdidnotmaterialise. ThevictoryoftheCubanRevolutionin1959attractedimmediatemoraland politicalsupportfrom China.CubawasthefirstLatinAmericancountryto recognisethenewChina.ChinawasthereforereadytosupportCubainreturn. InSeptember1960 , ChinesePremierZhouEnlaitoldFidelCastro: “ ifnecessary , ChinawillfurnishallnecessaryassistancetotheCubanpeopleintheirfightfor freedom. ”( Zhang1995:91 ) . On15December1970 , ChilebecamethefirstSouthAmericancountryto establishdiplomatictieswithChina.AfterUSPresidentNixonmadehishistoric visittoBeijingin1972 , manyLatinAmericancountriesstartedtochangetheir attitudestowardsChinaandevenexpressedtheirinterestindevelopingrelations withit.The1970switnessedtheestablishmentofdiplomaticrelationsbetween ChinaandmorethantenLatinAmericancountries. UndertheleadershipofDengXiaoping , Chinastartedtoimplementreform andopendoorpoliciesin1978.TheimageofChinainLatinAmericachanged veryquickly.Inthe1980sand1990s , anotherten Latin Americancountries establisheddiplomaticrelations with China.Cooperationandcontactsinthe economic , politicalandculturalareasproceededsteadily. In November2004 , ChinesePresident HuJintaovisited Latin America , followedbyVicePresidentZengQinghonginearly2005 , onlytwomonthslater. Thiskindoffrequentvisithappenedagainduring2008and2009.PresidentHu JintaowenttoLatinAmericainNovember2008andVicePresidentXiJinping followedinearly2009.Incontemporaryinternationalrelations , noothercountry haseversenttopleaderstoLatinAmericawithsuchahighfrequency. Between2001and2008 , bilateraltradebetweenChinaandLatinAmerica increasedalmosttenfold.In November2005 , China signed afreetrade agreement ( FTA ) withChile.Asamatteroffact , thefirstcountrywithwhich
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