CHANGES IN THE CHINESE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AFTER THE GLOBAL CRISIS AND ITS IMPACTS IN LATIN AMERICA

MUDANÇAS NA ESTRATÉGIA CHINESA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO NO PERÍODO PÓS-CRISE GLOBAL E IMPACTOS SOBRE A AMÉRICA LATINA

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to analyze the recent changes in economic relations between Latin American countries and China in the context of the transformations occurred in the latter’s development strategy after the global financial crisis. The text argues that, in relation to the first decade of the twenty-first century, connections linked to FDI, financing flows, and infrastructure projects have been growing in importance and present new challenges to Latin America, which surpass the ones based only on trade flows.

KEYWORDS:
China-Latin America relations; foreign direct investment; trade; infrastructure