自二十一世紀初以來，中華人民共和國和拉丁美洲的經濟關係蓬勃發展，使中國在西半球的商業和投資從2000年的100億美元提升到驚人的2580億美元。這是一個有趣的發展，因為拉丁美洲歷來被稱為美國的後院。自門羅主義時代以來，拉丁美洲一直與華盛頓糾纏在一起，而另一方面，華盛頓不斷干涉拉美內政。在低谷時期，美國在拉丁美洲實施了軍事，政治和經濟干預措施。然而，所有這些干預措施最終都產生了反美情緒感和該地區左翼政黨的崛起。另一方面，中國則以不同的言詞接近拉美國家。中國的和平共處五項原則包括不干涉原則，拉美國家可能會對這種與經濟強國處理對外關係的新選擇感到有吸引力，以創造發展。本研究目標在於分析拉美國家歡迎中國進入其家園的可能原因，並分析中國對拉丁美洲表現出興趣的原因。

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the People’s Republic of China and Latin America have experienced a boom in their economic relations that lifted Chinese commerce and investment in the western hemisphere from a mere US$10 billion from the year 2000 to an astounding US$258 billion by 2016. This is an interesting development as Latin America has historically been labeled as the United States’ backyard. Since the era of the Monroe Doctrine, Latin America saw itself entangled with Washington, which on the other hand never doubted to intervene in Latin American internal affairs. Over time, the United States has implemented military, political, and economic interventions in Latin America. However, all those interventions ultimately created a sense of anti-Americanism and a rise of left wing parties in the region. The PRC, on the other hand, is approaching Latin American countries with a different rhetoric. China’s five principles of peaceful coexistence includes the non-interventionist principle, and Latin American countries might feel attracted to this new option of handling foreign relations with an economically strong country in order to create development. The present study aims to analyze the possible reasons of Latin American countries welcoming the PRC into their homes, as well as to analyze the reasons why China is showing interest in Latin America.

Contents
List of Figures	vi
List of Tables	vii
Prologue	viii
CHAPTER I	1
Introduction	1
Section I: Background	1
Section II: Research Motives	3
Section III: Research Objectives	4
Section IV: Methodology	4
Section V: Literature Review	5
Section VI: Expected Contributions	13
CHAPTER II	15
The Monroe Doctrine	15
Section I: The Monroe Doctrine	15
Section II: Imperialism and Interventionist Policies	20
Section III: What is the Impact of the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America?	28
Section IV: Conclusion	32
Chapter III	33
The United States in Latin America Since World War II	33
Section I: School of the Americas	33
Section II: United States Military Interventions in Latin America	37
Section III: Organization of American States and the United Nations	46
Section IV: The Washington Consensus and the International Monetary Fund	49
Section V: Investment and Foreign Aid	57
Section VI: Conclusion	61
CHAPTER IV	62
China’s Increasing Presence in Latin America	62
Section I: The Rise of China	62
Section II: China in Latin America	64
Section III: China’s Other Ulterior Motives in Latin America	74
Section IV: Conclusion	78
Chapter V	80
Latin American View of the United States and China	80
Section I: Anti-Americanism Sentiment in Latin America	80
Section II: The Rise of Left-Wing Parties in Latin America	87
Section III: China’s Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence	90
Section IV: Challenges to Latin America of the Increasing Chinese Presence in the region	92
Section VI: Conclusion	95
Conclusion	96
Bibliography	98

List of Figures

Chinese government loans to Latin American Governments……………………………….11
U.S. Investment to Latin America…………………………………………………………..12
Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America………………………………………………..58
U.S. Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean……………………………………….59
Stock of Chinese direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean…………………..65

List of Tables

LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIE’S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT……………………29
UNITED STATES FINANCIAL AID TO LATIN AMERICA……………………………..60
CHINA’S INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA…………………………………………..67

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