April 2008
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 41m
English
Two final observations on China’s imperial strategy must be noted as this chapter ends. First, in both Latin America and Africa, China is pursuing its imperialistic agenda with a Taiwanese twist. Both Africa and Latin America are playing an ever-increasingly important role in Beijing’s strategy of the “diplomatic encirclement” of Taiwan.
For example, as reported by Reuters, after Beijing announced cancellation of almost $20 million worth of debt and offered close to $4 million for the construction of critically needed roads, hospitals, and other infrastructure, Senegal broke off relations with Taiwan. Liberia similarly abandoned Taiwan after Beijing ponied up $25 million in reconstruction funds ...
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