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Although China and Cuba are generally seen as intimate partners, their socialist ideals have begun to diverge from each other since they launched their respective reforms, and Cuba's importance to China in the Western hemisphere is also gradually being replaced by larger economic powers such as Brazil and Mexico. How do the ordinary Chinese perceive Cuba and the Cubans and how does this perception deviate from the official viewpoint? Given the limited knowledge the Chinese have about Cuba, how and why are such perceptions and discrepancies formed? What would be the impact on and implications for future Sino-Cuban relations, Sino-Latin American relations and US-Cuba relations? Would China have to face up to a crisis, the origins of which are in the seemingly risk-free construction of a faraway Latin American image? Presently, the Internet in China is increasingly acknowledged as a meaningful primary source to understand public opinion in general and that of global issues in particular. Using systematic, qualitative research on the Chinese online community, this article addresses the questions raised and concludes by describing the discrepancies between the official and popular Chinese perceptions of Cuba and their implications.
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In the past two decades, China has substantially increased its economic presence in Latin America. The impressive rate of economic growth in China has resulted in a voracious appetite for Latin American commodities and energy sources. China has also become a major investor in the region, and has loaned billions of dollars to Latin American countries. This paper evaluates how aware Latin American citizens are of this increased economic presence of China, and also studies citizens’ attitudes toward the rising influence of China in Latin America. Public attitudes toward the Chinese economic and political model, and evaluations of the Chinese popular culture are also presented and discussed. The evidence suggests that the image of China is improving in Latin America as a result of its new economic role in the region. However, Chinese soft power faces several limitations in the region. The Chinese political and economic models, and the Chinese popular culture are still not very attractive in Latin America.
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