China’s investment in Latin America
For the five-year period between 2015 and 2019, China’s President Xi Jinping set ambitious goals for exchange with the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC): $500 billion in trade and $250 billion in direct investment. The pledge was made in January 2015 at the first ministerial meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, which was held in Beijing. Although it remains to be seen if this degree of integration can be achieved, the investment target is certainly plausible, as China is likely to emerge in the next few years as the world’s largest supplier of capital.
China’s plot to ‘take over’ Latin America: Beijing inks new deal to share nuclear tech, build 5G networks, develop space programmes, and pump cheap loans into America’s back yard in ‘growing threat’ to US China has put pen to paper on a new deal to deepen ties with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean New deal will see Beijing share nuclear technology, build 5G and communications networks, help develop space programmes and pump cheap infrastructure loans into the region in attempt to buy influence Comes off the back of years of Chinese investment and trade in the region, which… Read more »
中国已经在从墨西哥到火地岛的拉丁美洲投资了1500亿美元。这比非洲要多得多。
China has invested $150 billion in Latin America from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. This is much more than Africa.
另一个例子是，中国的“一带一路”倡议起初并非针对拉丁美洲。但在2017年中国领导人访问拉美后，14个拉美国家表示希望加入该倡议。一些国家，如多米尼加、萨尔瓦多和巴拿马断绝了与台湾的外交关系。巴拿马迄今已与中国启动20多个重大合作项目。
https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2019-06-21/doc-ihytcerk8276701.shtml
滴滴出行在拉美市场的扩张十分迅速。去年1月，滴滴出行以10亿美元收购了巴西当地网约车平台99。同年4月份，滴滴又进入了墨西哥市场。此次进军哥伦比亚和智利，将使滴滴出行在拉美的布局更加深入，也将对Uber造成压力。
As America recedes into the background, Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean has skyrocketed over the last ten years, according to a 2018 report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. China dropped close to $90 billion in the region between 2005 and 2016. With a growing emphasis on telecommunications, Chinese investment in emerging technology is increasingly the primary fuel behind Latin America’s tech boom.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/guess-who-s-behind-latin-america-s-tech-boom-china-of-course
Over the past several years, China has managed to turn itself into Latin America’s largest creditor, mostly by funding large-scale infrastructure projects. In doing so, Beijing has managed to grow quite close to some of the region’s capitals. Argentine President Mauricio Macri has sought to “deepen” ties with China. In Colombia, President Iván Duque hosted Chinese Transport Minister Li Xiaopeng as an honored guest at his inauguration ceremony over the summer. And the incoming Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is considering joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which he has said will open a new chapter in the countries’… Read more »
Chart: FDI in Latin America and the Caribbean
https://www.as-coa.org/articles/chart-fdi-latin-america-and-caribbean
中国积极拉拢拉美国家参加”一带一路”倡议，并在”美国后院”加大投资。美联社报导，美国国务卿庞培欧去年访问巴拿马时会见巴拿马总统瓦瑞拉时就曾对记者说，巴拿马”应该睁大眼睛”，警惕中国的投资。虽然美国官员曾对中国的扩张计画提出警告，但包括巴拿马、墨西哥等拉美国家都对中国的投资计画表示兴趣和参加意愿。
墨西哥总统罗培兹也表示，正在考虑墨西哥是否参加”一带一路”倡议。加勒比海的千里达及托巴哥去年5月已经同意参加”一带一路”。一家中国国营企业去年9月份就赢得合同，在当地修建一个乾船坞。
美联社说，北京还希望扩大1990年代开始对南美洲签订的石油与矿业开发贷款投资协议，同时加大地区资金投入。委内瑞拉已经获得620亿美元的中国贷款，中国对巴西的贷款是420亿美元，阿根廷180亿美元，厄瓜多尔是170亿美元。