Anti-Chinese Sentiment in Latin America: An Analysis of Online Discourse

Armony, Ariel C.; Velásquez, N.

doi:10.1007/s11366-015-9365-z

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“…Against the backdrop of such incidents, concerns about the negative environmental and socio-economic effects of Chinese companies abroad are widespread in the host regions (e.g., Armony and Velásquez 2015;Geerts, Xinwa, and Rossouw 2014). Western media coverage and the reports of environmental and human rights advocacy groups have further contributed to the widely held view that Chinese resource-extraction companies have, on balance, more detrimental effects on local development and more frequently violate labour and environmental standards than other mining operations.…”

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At Africa's Expense? Disaggregating the Social Impact of Chinese Mining Operations

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. AbstractQualitative studies and media reports suggest that the presence of Chinese oil or mining companies generates resentments among local extractive communities due to low wages, poor working conditions, environmental degradation, the employment of foreign labour, and perceived racial discrimination. At the same time, Chinese investment in the extractive sector appears to enhance local infrastructure. So far, these claims have not been empirically tested in a systematic way. Relying on novel data on the control-rights regimes of diamond, gold, and copper mines and geo-referenced information from Afrobarometer surveys, this paper examines whether Chinese-controlled mining promotes anti-Chinese sentiments among the local populations of sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, we test the effect of mining contractors' nationality on socio-economic indicators such as local employment rates and infrastructure levels. Our logistic regression analysis for the period 1997-2014 reveals that the effect of Chinese mining companies on African local development is ambiguous: while proximity to Chinese-operated mines is associated with anti-Chinese sentiments and unemployment, populations living close to Chinese mining areas enjoy better infrastructure, such as paved roads or piped water. Multilevel mixed-effects estimations using district-level data from the Demographic Health Survey for 20 sub-Saharan countries corroborate these findings.

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“…Beyond that, crucially, it framed China as an aggressor and its decision to prevent 'genuine' direct elections as wrong and misguided. 29 This view largely aligned with the leaders of the 'West' (The United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, France and Germany amongst others) expressing support and concern about the protests in varying degrees. The statements of support by states together with the unparalleled, generally negative, 26 These figures were taken from Alexa.com -a web analytics firm -on 10 th March 2015.…”

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“…28 A catch all phrase of 'hong kong' was used to capture any media content that might not have been captured through those search terms. 29 A search through the aforementioned news outlet product editorials and reporting that were pro-democracy leaning. For example, The Guardian ran a sharply critical piece by Chinese dissident Wu'er Kaixi.…”

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Defending China’s National Image and ‘Defensive Soft Power’: the Case of Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution’

Loh

2016

J OF CHIN POLIT SCI

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This study examines the pro-democracy protests of Hong Kong in 2014 and how the protests became sites for Beijing's representations of Chinese national image(s). It argues that 'defensive soft power' can be used to understand the process through which Beijing made such representations and projections. 'Defensive soft power', extending on Nye's soft power is operationally defined as the reactionary activities taken in response to actions that harm or potentially harm a country's national image. Based on an analysis of the data drawn from three mainland news media, several perceptions of China emerge -China as a victim; China as 'reasonable' power; and China as benign and tolerant leader in the China-Hong Kong relation. This research highlights the 'Umbrella Revolution' as an instance where 'defensive soft power' was used to (1) fend off negative national images and (2) project positive national images. Mapping out the process of national image defence will enable readers to better understand a sovereign state's strategies to defend attacks on and promote positive perceptions of its national image.

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“…However, several papers investigate the fastgrowing economic relationship between China and the Latin American continent, evaluating case studies in the natural resource industry (González-Vincente, 2013), trade relationships and bilateral ties (Domínguez et al, 2006) and policy challenges arising from increased Chinese presence (Wise an Quiliconi, 2007). Furthermore, public perception of Latin American citizens on rising Chinese involvement and resulting societal, ecological and cultural challenges attracted growing research attention (Azpuru, 2016;Armony & Velásquez, 2015).…”

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“…Stronger economic integration between China and Ecuador (and Latin America in general) only started with the turn of the century and progressively evolved from trade to other dimensions (Armony & Velásquez, 2015). Since the discovery of oil reserves in the 1970s, Ecuador's dependence on petroleum increased progressively (González-Vincente, 2013).…”

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Chinese public investment in Ecuador– an analysis of the motivational framework for Chinese state financing in the Latin American context

Ramm

2018

MARBLE

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The paper examines the underlying determinants of Chinese foreign finance allocation in Latin America and outlines the implications of these dynamics for receiver countries in the region. A case study on Ecuador is used in order to enrich the analysis with detail on country-level. Underlying drivers for aid allocation cannot be identified from the statistical analysis. However, the results do not lend support to the popular hypotheses of resource-driven or power-driven Chinese aid allocation either. In terms of less concessional financing, natural resource endowment results as the driving factor for Chinese fund allocation while the findings suggest that the country's risk profile and investment environment play a minor role in Chinese public financing.

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Anti-Chinese Sentiment in Latin America: An Analysis of Online Discourse

Cited by 49 publications

References 23 publications

At Africa's Expense? Disaggregating the Social Impact of Chinese Mining Operations

At Africa's Expense? Disaggregating the Social Impact of Chinese Mining Operations

Defending China’s National Image and ‘Defensive Soft Power’: the Case of Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution’

Chinese public investment in Ecuador– an analysis of the motivational framework for Chinese state financing in the Latin American context

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