Central China’s Henan province said on Saturday it will try to create a more amicable investment environment for Latin American countries, in a bid to further lure investors from the Caribbean adjacent region amid China’s economic slowdown. “We will continue to open up fields including education, medical care, finance, aviation, and modern services to foreign investors and this will be a great opportunity for Latin America,” said Deng Yongjian, vice-chairman [...]

Growing trade and investment ties between Beijing and Buenos Aires have resulted in more Chinese enterprises dipping their toes in the water in Argentina. China and Argentina have enjoyed closer cooperation, with Chinese Ambassador to Argentina Yin Hengmin saying Chinese investment has skyrocketed in recent years. Figures from the Chinese embassy in Argentina show more than 30 Chinese companies are operating here, with business ranging from television production, mineral exploration, [...]

Growing trade and investment ties between Beijing and Buenos Aires have resulted in more Chinese enterprises dipping their toes in the water in Argentina. China and Argentina have enjoyed closer cooperation, with Chinese Ambassador to Argentina Yin Hengmin saying Chinese investment has skyrocketed in recent years. Figures from the Chinese embassy in Argentina show more than 30 Chinese companies are operating here, with business ranging from television production, mineral exploration, [...]

Summary: China has been rapidly expanding its presence in Latin America, which has made many in the U.S. nervous. The “realism” that ran through America’s foreign policy during the Cold War has gradually transformed towards “idealism,” which in consequence weakens its influence in Latin America. But China’s involvement in Latin America brings benefits to the U.S., not a threat. China is busy in America’s backyard. Over the past five years, [...]

Li calls on nations to push forward cooperation in trade and investment China is seeking to deepen its ties with Argentina “with a more comprehensive and strategic vision”, Premier Li Keqiang told a visiting high-ranking Argentine official on Sunday. Li made the remarks when meeting Julian Dominguez, president of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Argentine parliament, in Zhongnanhai, the headquarters of the central government in downtown [...]

The new president of Mexico wants his country’s relationship with China to evolve from one defined by competition to one that is more complementary In a trip to the southern province of Hainan in early April, four months after he took office, the 47-year-old Pena Nieto met with the head of China’s new leadership, Xi Jinping; announced the establishment of a government agency to handle trade with China; and repeatedly [...]

China Tuesday released its white paper The Diversified Employment of China’s Armed Forces, revealing the 18 combined corps of the People’s Liberation Army and the number of PLA mobile operational units, navy and air force servicemen. A large part of this year’s white paper was devoted to maritime issues. “China is a major maritime as well as land country. The seas and oceans provide immense space and abundant resources for [...]

Venezuela will hold its presidential election on April 14. Polls show that the acting president, Nicolas Maduro, is likely to win over his opposition Henrique Capriles. Maduro as the acting president enjoys many resources that are valuable to the campaign. The late Hugo Chavez’s 14-year presidency was supported by most ordinary Venezuelan people. Maduro has continually invoked the memory of Chavez among these people and called himself “son” of Chavez. [...]

Observers say Mexican state oil company Pemex’s decision to significantly boost oil exports to China will help optimize the imbalanced bilateral trade structure and indicates thawing ties following their leadership transitions. On the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia on Saturday, Pemex Chief Executive Emilio Lozoya said the company would begin increasing exports to China by 30,000 barrels a day starting this month, according to a two-year agreement between [...]

China and Brazil on Tuesday signed agreements aimed at boosting economic cooperation between the two countries. China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei and his Brazilian counterpart Guido Mantega signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Bilateral Cooperation in Macroeconomic, Fiscal and Financial Policies. The two sides also signed a currency swap agreement to broaden access to financial resources. A statement from the Ministry of Finance of China said that the MoU [...]