A Comparative Perspective on China's Relations with Latin America and Africa

China's Relationship with Latin America and Africa
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China's Relationship with Latin America and Africa
China and Africa's relationship was established when the modern Sino-African relations were in the late 1950s (Alden, 2017). During this period, China and several countries in Africa, such as Somalia, Sudan, Algeria, Morocco, Guinea, and Egypt, signed a bilateral trade agreement. Such relations have become increasingly significant in Africa, where more countries have signed an agreement with China in the last few years (Alden, 2017). On the other hand, the relationship between Latin America and China started between 2000 and 2009 with a similar agreement to China and Africa, known as Sino Latin trade (Zhu, 2017). The U.S government for some time has been trying to warn African and Latin countries of the dangers of China, but their effort does not seem to affect them. This is because the emergence of China as a force in Africa complicated the scrimmage between the EU and the USA over who controls Africa (Zhu, 2017). Also, China's activities in Africa have faced criticisms over its controversial business practices and its failure to promote good governance and human rights (Alden, 2017). However, most African governments appear to be satisfied with China's policy resulting in the little effect of U.S attempts to warn Africa.
Typically, Latin America, Africa as well as China have their interests in the relationship. China is interested in the relationship with African countries because of Africa's natural resources and export market (Zhu, 2017). In the last few decades, China's expanding middle class and rapidly growing economy have fueled an unprecedented demand for resources (Alden, 2017). Therefore, the powerhouse decided to focus on lo...