Economic Relations between China and Latin America: A History of Globalization from the 16th to 21st Centuries

The objective of this article is to analyze three situations that shaped the economic relationship between China and Latin America over the long period from the 16th Century to the present day: the Manila Galleons (1565-1815), the immigration of coolies to the export-oriented economies of Latin Amer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Bonialian, Mariano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Historia Mexicana
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article/4182
Acceso en línea:https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/4182
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Latin America
China
silk
coolies
economic relationships
global history
colonial
19th Century
20th Century
21st Century
América Latina
seda
culíes
relaciones económicas
historia global
colonia
siglo XIX
siglo XX
siglo XXI
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Sumario:The objective of this article is to analyze three situations that shaped the economic relationship between China and Latin America over the long period from the 16th Century to the present day: the Manila Galleons (1565-1815), the immigration of coolies to the export-oriented economies of Latin America (1850-1890) and the recent process of capital injection and investment by the People’s Republic of China (1980-2019). The modalities and characteristics of each of these relationships are analyzed as part of the evolution of globalization. The sources used include documents from the National Historical Archive of Spain and the data published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). There is also a long list of bibliographic entries from different historiographic universes that have had little dialogue until now. The article concludes by identifying the major geohistorical axes that made possible a relationship between both spaces in the past, and questions if China’s new One Belt One Road (OBOR) project, also known as the “New Silk Road,” will represent the geohistorical axis that will lay the basis for the relationship in the 21st Century.