China, Latin America and the environment

Trade and Investment

Caption: Chinese-made trains arrive in the port of Buenos Aires, Argentina (image: Juan Enrique Gilardi).

Can China make the AIIB and BRICS the greenest banks in town?

01 Dec - by Michelle Chan 0 Comments

China’s role in AIIB and BRICS bank will be crucial in supporting sustainable development

Caption: Mauricio Macri (centre), new president of Argentina (image: Mauricio Macri/ Flickr).

New Argentina president to put deals with China under the microscope

27 Nov - by Fermín Koop 0 Comments

Macri will review infrastructure accords as experts predict ‘pragmatic’ new era of cooperation

Caption: Wang Jing, head of HKND and Xinwei Telecoms sits in front of a painting featuring Red Army commanders in his offices. Xinwei provides satellite technology to China’s military (image: PA Images)

Wang Jing’s canal dream and the people behind it

25 Nov - by Diálogo Chino 0 Comments

What do Wang Jing's fluctuating fortunes tell us about who might be backing the Nicaragua Canal?

Caption: Latin American countries will demand financial assistance to mitigate against and adapt to climate change at talks in Paris (image: MoyanBrenn).

2020: A new beginning for Latin America

20 Nov - by Nadia Pontes 0 Comments

Latin America's climate negotiators will push for mitigation and adaptation finance at Paris

Caption: A toucan in the Iwokrama Rain Forest, Guyana. One million acres of land in the country has been handed over to Chinese logging company Bai Shan Lin (image: M M/ Wikicommons )

Chinese company allowed to slash Guyana’s virgin forests

11 Nov - by Milton Leal 0 Comments

Bai Shan Lin leases over 1m hectares of Amazon forest while government overlooks logging quotas

Caption: High-speed rail in Lianjing county, China. A proposed high-speed rail link in Mexico, the first such project in Latin America, fell through amid objections over non-competitive tendering (image: CreativeCommons/ lianspam).

Unfulfilled Chinese promises

04 Nov - by Milton Leal 0 Comments

Unrealised China-funded infrastructure projects in Latin America mostly due to host governments

Caption: Opponents of the TPP say the pact will depress wages, lead to job losses and increase pressure on the environment, while its supporters say it will provide an important engine for economic growth (image: SumOfUs)

China: the TPP’s invisible partner

30 Oct - by Fabíola Ortiz 0 Comments

China could join TPP, while its Latin America members must limit adverse impacts of growing trade

Caption: A solar pant in northern Chile (image: MinisteriosBienesNacionales).

Chinese investment drives Latin America’s renewable energy expansion

20 Oct - by Fabio Couto 0 Comments

From Oaxaca to Patagonia, Chinese companies have identified many solar and wind opportunities

Caption: World Bank president Jim Yong Kim offers his hand to Peruvian children in 2013. Bretton Woods institutions can fund infrastructure to buoy Latin American economies as China’s growth slows (image: World Bank Photo Collection ).

The World Bank’s second chance in South America

10 Oct - by Kevin Gallagher 0 Comments

Annual World Bank and IMF meetings in Lima can spur better relations and better infrastructure

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China fundamental to success of new sustainable development goals

25 Sep - by Fabíola Ortiz 0 Comments

World must engage with China to limit impacts of overseas investments, say experts