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Is China really the ‘new imperial power’ in Latin America?
Chinese investors treat borrower countries as equals and work to design mutually beneficial deals, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
As we mark the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, JOHN WIGHT reflects on the enormity of the US decision to drop the atom bombs
For 80 years, survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings have pleaded “never again,” for anyone. But are we listening, asks Linda Pentz Gunter
Labour councillor PAUL DONOVAN wonders why the right-wing party gets so much more media attention than it seems to merit
SOLOMON HUGHES asks whether Labour ‘engaging with decision-makers’ with scandalous records of fleecing the public is really in our interests
IN THE previous article in this series, we unpicked the accusations that China is an emerging imperialist power in Africa.
This article turns its attention to Latin America, with which China has increased its trade and investment by an order of magnitude over the last two decades.
Nine countries in Latin America have “strategic partnerships” with China, and 19 have joined the Belt and Road Initiative.
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