Sino–Caribbean relations

Caribbean regional relations with China, which is defined as: the People's Republic of China (PRC; "China") or the Republic of China (ROC; "Taiwan"), are mostly based on trade, credits, and investments, which have increased significantly since the 1990s. For many Caribbean nations, the increasing ties with China have been used as a way to decrease long time over-dependence on the United States. The Overseas Chinese population, in this case Chinese Caribbeans, help make the connections with trade and political links. As of 2022, nine states in the Caribbean recognized the PRC and four recognized the ROC.

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China has also expanded several levels of cooperation with the Caribbean region. China and the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago were said to have formed an agreement where asphalt from Trinidad and Tobago would be exported to China during its construction boom in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[1][2] In exchange, China has led several construction projects in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean region via Chinese owned construction companies. Trinidad and Tobago has also mooted the idea of starting direct shipments of oil and liquid natural gas direct from Trinidad and Tobago to China, to fuel the later's growing need for resources to fuel their economy.

As the Caribbean political heads of government have had several messy run-ins[3][4][5][6] with the Bush administration in the United States with respect to recent demands, China has been more sympathetic to the Caribbean position globally and has stepped up military training exercises in the Caribbean for example in direct response to several sanctions placed on governments in the Caribbean region for not following the wishes of the Bush administration.[7][8]

Several capital-works or infrastructural projects across the Caribbean region have also been financed or extended full grants by the Chinese government.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Trinidad and Tobago recognizes China's full market economy status". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 1 February 2005.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Griffith, Ivelaw Lloyd, ed. (2003). Caribbean Security in the Age of Terror: Challenge and Change. Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers. pp. (361-362). ISBN 976-637-142-3. Retrieved 20 February 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Lack of diplomacy!". jamaica-gleaner.com. 8 April 2003. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. Hemlock, Doreen (13 April 2003). "Economic Reprisals Debated". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. "Otto Reich: A Career in Disservice". Council on Hemispheric Affairs. 13 July 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. Ribando, Clare M. (30 March 2006). "Article 98 Agreements and Sanctions on U.S. Foreign Aid to Latin America". Political Science. www.semanticscholar.org. Semantic Scholar. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  8. Best, Tony (24 October 2008). "US calls off Barbados ban". Nation Newspaper. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
  9. Ward, Jared (5 January 2019). "The PRC Bets on Climate Diplomacy in the Caribbean". Jamestown Foundation. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

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