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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is at the center of Chinese foreign policy under President Xi Jinping’s administration. BRI includes a web of investment programs that seek to develop infrastructure and promote economic integration within partner countries. Domestically, the BRI engages the Chinese economy and has been seen as a way for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and President Xi to build legitimacy. There are five major priorities outlined in BRI, including policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration, and connecting people. Brazil, as the largest economy in Latin America, has a solid foundation and great potential for cooperation with China, and therefore has every reason to be an important player in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador to Brazil Yang Wanming said in 2021. The bilateral relations between China and Brazil are examined through the perspective of Brazil becoming an official BRI member country and the future challenges for China-Brazil relations disadvantaging Taiwan relations with Brazil and Taiwan’s position in Latin America.
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Stamelos, C.H., Tsimaras, K. (2024). The Belt and Road Initiative, China, Taiwan, and Brazil. In: Veney, C.R., Abidde, S.O. (eds) China and Taiwan in Latin America and the Caribbean. Studies of the Americas. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45166-9_12
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