Analyzes the history and motivations of U.S.-China-Latin America relationship. Focuses on China's growing economic ties … to the region, including Latin America's role in China's search for energy resources. Highlights the geopolitical … implications of Chinese hemispheric policy and sets recent developments in the context of China's role in the developing world …

. Economic allure means that the United States has global currency, Japan has high technology, and China has manufacturing … factory and market. Security thrust means that the United States has [sic], Japan has alliance and China seeks autonomy. Drawn …. Economic allure means that the United States has global currency, Japan has high technology, and China has manufacturing …

between China and the United States that will dominate twenty-first-century world affairs--an inside account of Beijing … rapidly. After decades of rising, China has entered a new and critical phase where it seeks to turn its economic heft into … global power. In this deeply informed book, Geoff Dyer makes a lucid and convincing argument that China and the United States …