From the Great Wall to the New World : China and Latin America in the 21st century / edited by Julia C. Strauss and Ariel C. Armony.

Cover title.

Issued as: China quarterly, numbers 209 (Mar. 2012).

"Special issue."

Introduction. From going out (zou chuqu) to arriving in (desembarco) : constructing a new field of inquiry in China-Latin America interactions / Ariel C. Armony and Julia C. Strauss -- China, the United States and hegemonic challenge in Latin America : an overview and some lessons from previous instances of hegemonic challenge in the region / Gonzalo Sebastián Paz -- Mapping Chinese mining investment in Latin America : politics or market? / Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente -- Fear for manufacturing? China and the future of industry in Brazil and Latin America / Rhys Jenkins and Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa -- The auto parts-automotive chain in Mexico and China : co-operation potential? / Enrique Dussel Peters -- Harnessing the dragon : overseas Chinese entrepreneurs in Mexico and Cuba / Adrian H. Hearn -- Framing and claiming : contemporary globalization and "going out" in China's rhetoric towards Latin America / Julia C. Strauss -- Online Chinese perceptions of Latin America : how they differ from the official view / Simon Shen -- A view from afar : how Colombia sees China / Ariel C. Armony -- The "socialist other" : Cuba in Chinese ideological debates since the 1990s / Yinghong Cheng.

Analysis of China-Latin America relations is usually dominated by policy analysis in political economy, defense strategy and bi-lateral relations. While integrating these topics, this volume differs from earlier works by engaging notions of 'going out' (zou chuqu) and 'arriving in' (desembarco) as metaphors to characterize a wide range of 'new' interactions between China and Latin America: transnational flows of capital and people, adaptation in industrial production and mining, the fluidity of perceptions between China and Latin America, stereotypes and 'othering' of Latin America within China, and changing rhetorical assumptions of the leadership for the China-Latin America relationship. Unusually, this volume has several articles that consider the role of Latin America within China, as well as China's more obvious impact on Latin America. With its primary source material from Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Brazil and China, this volume offers an early contribution to the emerging body of scholarship on China and Latin America.