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China, Latin America, and human rights: a worrying equation ?
Kellner Thierry, Wintgens Sophie, Shifting Power and Human Rights Diplomacy (China), Amnesty International Netherlands, The Hague, 2020, 71-83 pages
The 'human rights activism' conducted by China throughout its international economic relations is explored in our essay. It investigates China's track record in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), a region recently associated to the Belt and Road Initiative. We chart China's growing presence and influence in the region, developed under the general umbrella of what China labels 'South-South cooperation'. We subsequently analyse how China's activity is affecting LAC visions of human rights. We note how China has started to produce more standards to better regulate the activities of Chinese economic actors operating abroad, yet indicate that these do not impose legally enforceable obligations and are badly implemented in reality. We furthermore note that China has become more vocal in touting its own successful country model when it comes to achieving modernization. We also indicate the susceptibility of various LAC countries to China's authoritarian model, and point out worrying phenomena in this regard such as the expanding import of Chinese surveillance and control technologies.