Chinese resource quest in Brazil : the changing role of economic statecraft

• Main Author: Alves, Ana Cristina
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104952; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25582
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Economic incentives play a central role in Chinese foreign policy. In particular, infrastructure loans seem to be a prominent tool in China’s quest to secure access to resources in developing regions. This is most evident in Africa. It is interesting to note that, even though the necessary condition...