3 98 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation unity , amultipolarworldorder , oppositiontohegemonismandpowerpolitics andsoon. ( 8 ) Duetohistoricalandculturalreasons , mutualunderstandingbetween EuropeandLatinAmericaismuchdeeperthanthatbetweenChinaandLatin America.ChinadoesnotknowmuchaboutLatinAmericaandviceversa. ( 9 ) BothEuropeandChinaseeLatinAmericaasanimportantsourceof naturalresourcesanda marketof560 millionconsumers.AnimportantEU documentstatesthat “ theregionhasconsiderablenaturalresources , especially miningand energyresources , as wellasexceptionalenvironmental wealth , notablythe Amazonianforest withitshugebiologicaldiversity ”( European Commission2002 ) .InitspolicypaperonLatinAmerica , Chinaalsoexpressed aninterestinopeninguptheregionsresources. ( 10 ) BothEuropeandChinaattachimportancetothesocialproblemsin LatinAmerica.ChinaspolicypaperonLatinAmericadeclared: “ TheChinese GovernmentwillstrengthenexchangesandcooperationwithLatinAmericanand Caribbeancountriesinreducingpovertyandnarrowingthegapbetweentherich andthepoor , andwillencouragepovertyalleviationinstitutionsonbothsidesto establishbroadcooperativerelationstoshareinformationandconductjoint research ”( ChineseGovernment2008 ) .ForEurope , promotingsocialcohesion — thatis , thefightagainstpoverty , inequalityandexclusion — isoneoftheEUs strategicpolicyobjectives.Moreover , thenotionofsocialcohesionhasbeen acceptedbytheUNEconomicCommissionforLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean ( ECLAC ) asaguidingprinciplefortheregionssocialdevelopmentstrategy ( ECLAC2007 ) . 5.犆犪狀狋犺犲犈犝 / 犛狆犪犻狀犺犲犾狆犆犺犻狀犪狋狅犇犲狏犲犾狅狆犻狋狊犚犲犾犪狋犻狅狀狊狑犻狋犺犔犪狋犻狀犃犿犲狉犻犮犪 ? The USis worriedaboutthecloserrelationsbetween Chinaand Latin America.Europe , ontheotherhand , isnotworriedatall.Spainevenwishesto offerChinaahelpinghandtopromoteitsrelationswithLatinAmerica. TriangulationbetweenSpain , LatinAmericaandAsiaPacificisoneofthe initiativesoftheSpanishgovernmentsAsiaPacificFrameworkPlan20002002 ( Bustelo2002 ) .InJuly2005 , visitingSpanishPrimeMinisterZapaterosaidto hisChinesehostthatSpainwouldbereadytoserveasa “ bridge ” forChinato developitsrelationswithLatinAmerica.WhenPresidentHuJintaovisitedSpain inNovember2005 , ChinaandSpainissuedajointcommuniquédeclaringthat bothsides had expressed a willingness to cooperate around the globe , particularlyinLatinAmerica. Undoubtedly , Spainisinagoodpositiontoplaytheroleofa “ bridge ” for
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