英文摘要 |
After the visit of the President of the People's Republic of China, Jiang Zemin, to the six countries of South America and the Caribbean region in April 2001, Beijing has turned to hold an active attitude towards their relations with Latin America, particularly with certain potent countries in the region. Afterwards, Hu Jintao's visit to the three ABC countries of South America and Cuba elevated even more their relations to an overall ''strategy partners'' level. The intensification of the diplomatic actions in Latin America is a crucial part of China's ''South-South'' strategy, with aims of not only promoting the collective efforts of developing countries to build up a fair and reasonable new international political economic order, but also, with the abundant energy resources and the exportation of raw materials of Latin America, providing a stable supply for the economic development of China. The extension of China's influence to Latin America certainly is a sensitive issue to the US. Washington has been watching out for if China's policy in Latin America will make serious impacts on the traditional geographical interests of the US. Since the energy safety is one of the main concerns of China in the 21th Century, the similar performance can also be seen in the Asia-Pacific area, but the difference is that in this area, there are far more geopolitical complexity and potential conflicts, and this would increase the instability in the area. |