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China's Strategic Play in Brazil

By Robert Muggah, Adriana Erthal Abdenur

China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative will have a big impact on Latin America's largest economy.

China’s $1 trillion plan to remake the global order astonishes not only for its audacious scale, but also its geographic reach. The “One Belt, One Road” initiative is the backbone of a transformative geopolitical and economic agenda. President Xi Jinping's brand of globalization dispenses with the old liberal order and is bending international trade in the country’s favor. The plan involves massive infrastructure projects in over 60 countries. Focused on...

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