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Off the Shelf: China’s Economic Influence
The April 2008 CRS American government report I mentioned before in “China’s Soft Power“ dredged up some good statistical data regarding China’s economic reach. However, the CRS analysis fell flat by...
View ArticleThe Visible Hand of China in Latin America
Off the Shelf: The Visible Hand of China in Latin America (2007), edited by Javier Santiso of the OECD, is a great pamphlet with a lot of hard data about China’s role in that part of the world. While...
View ArticleRefining a Relationship: Venezuela and China
Hugo Chavez and Hu Jintao met on September 24, 2008 and signed 12 cooperative deals dealing with “trade, oil, finance, education, justice, telecommunications, infrastructure, sports and cultural...
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