Overstretching or Overreaction? China’s Rise in Latin America and the US Response

Bibliographic Data

ID12952669
AuthorsXiaoyu Pu (0000-0001-5059-3324, University of Nevada, Reno, corresponding author), Margaret Myers (0009-0003-8307-1591, The Dialogue)
Year2021
Volume51
Issue1
Pages40-59
Publication date2021-10-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Current Chinese Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1868-1026 • E-ISSN: 1868-4874
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/18681026211028248
OpenAlexW3209665255
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited18

This article examines how the Chinese elites are interpreting China’s growing presence in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region and the various ways in which the United States is responding to China’s expanding activity in the region. Some of China’s elites caution that China’s international posturing could be overly assertive. Regarding China’s growing role in the LAC, they have made a note of US sensitivities, in addition to China’s challenges and limitations in various Latin American countries. Regarding the US response, some US concerns may be legitimate, and others are less valid. Looking ahead, even though US–China interactions in the LAC will remain competitive, the US and China could potentially avoid counterproductive policies while also pursuing pragmatic co-operation. While China does not yet face a serious problem of strategic overstretching in the LAC, China’s domestic debate on the topic will provide feedback to China’s policymakers and promote fruitful China–LAC relations

Assertiveness · China · Development economics · Economics · Face (sociological concept · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · International Relations in Latin America · Law

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