Panama Severs Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan
Panama has cut its diplomatic relations with Taiwan to establish ties with Beijing in...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 13, 2017
Panama has cut its diplomatic relations with Taiwan to establish ties with Beijing in...
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 4, 2016
In recent years, as Beijing has been expanding economic ties with Latin America, engagement with...
by Josh Rudolph | Jul 24, 2015
At The New York Times, Clifford Krauss and Keith Bradsher look at how China’s global...
by Sophie Beach | Jun 21, 2015
In December 2014, ground broke for the Nicaragua canal project, which is being built by Chinese...
by Josh Rudolph | May 28, 2015
In 2013, the Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. (HKND Group) was given the green...
by Josh Rudolph | May 22, 2015
Free expression and literacy advocacy group PEN America this week released the report...
by Sophie Beach | May 18, 2015
Premier Li Keqiang is embarking on a visit to several Latin American countries, with plans to...
by Josh Rudolph | Dec 23, 2014
Since a Chinese firm last year won the concession to build, design, and oversee a $40 billion...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 15, 2014
The story of China in Africa is not just one of lumbering and faceless state-owned enterprises...
by Josh Rudolph | Oct 29, 2013
After Nicaragua’s National Assembly approved plans for a Chinese company to build and...
by Samuel Wade | Jun 14, 2013
Nicaragua’s National Assembly has, as expected, approved plans for a Chinese firm to build and run a new waterway to rival the Panama Canal. From José De Córdoba at The Wall Street Journal: Supporters of the 50-year...
by Samuel Wade | Jun 7, 2013
A Chinese company has been awarded a 100-year, $40 billion contract to build and operate a canal across Nicaragua, competing with the nearly 100-year-old Panama Canal. From Jonathan Watts at The Guardian: The president of the...
by Josh Rudolph | May 31, 2013
After his first foreign tour as president in March, a strategically important journey that began in Russia and took him to three African nations, Xi Jinping will begin his second series of overseas visits today in Trinidad and...
by Melissa M. Chan | Mar 24, 2013
As China cements its diplomatic and economic ties to Argentina and Uruguay, the country is looking to secure long-term supplies of natural resources from Latin America. From UPI: Between 2000 and 2005 China represented nearly 40...
by Samuel Wade | Mar 7, 2013
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Hua Chunying expressed condolences on Wednesday for the death of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. From Xinhua, which set up a special feature page on the president’s passing:...
by Samuel Wade | Feb 3, 2013
Colombian authorities have stepped in to protect weavers of painstakingly hand-crafted traditional cane sombreros from mass-produced Chinese imports costing a fraction of the price. From The Economist’s Americas View blog...
by Melissa M. Chan | Sep 30, 2012
As China’s influence in South America grows, Chinese and Venezuelan state media report that China has launched a second satellite for Venezuela. This launch comes amid China’s increasing role in Venezuela’s...
by Sophie Beach | Jul 12, 2012
In recent years, much attention has been focused on China’s increasingly influential role in various African countries and the country invests large sums of money in the continent. But China’s investments are...