Now Peru is Mine: The Life and Times of a Campesino Activist by Manuel Llamojha, Jaymie Patricia Heilman (review)
Such an understanding is not solely an intellectual exercise. It is of practical concern for all actors involved: without strategic connections to local actors, Cuba and Mexico cannot benefit fully from China’s presence, and local governments risk the inability to control regulation of trade, business and patterns of migration. From China’s perspective, expanding international markets means not simply considering Chinese national interests, but extending a hand to the Chinese diaspora and local Latin American populations to ensure fuller cooperation. In all cases, guanxi (the connection or relationship built on reciprocity and fostering mutual confidence), social capital, and trust, and even the black market or, as Hearn calls it, “the dark side of trust” (20), are keys to navigating the shifting economic currents in Sino-Latin American engagement.