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Bilateral relations
Bilateral relations
China plays an increasing important role of economic and developmental importance in the region and the relations with China have increased steadily over time. The
Caribbean
's relations with China, are largely defined as either: the
People's Republic of China
(PRC; "China") or the
Republic of China
(ROC; "Taiwan"). As of 2024, nine states in the Caribbean recognized the PRC and four recognized the ROC.
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Historically, relations were mostly based upon
trade
,
credits
, and light
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 western developed nations, and as a move towards South-South cooperation alongside deepening of relations with neighbouring
Latin America
and
Africa
.
The
Overseas Chinese
population, in this case
Chinese Caribbeans
, have been resident in the Caribbean region for centuries
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and have helped to make importaint contributions with cultural, trade, and political links in the region.
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For example, Sir
Solomon Hochoy
of
Trinidad and Tobago
and
Arthur Chung
of
Guyana
were among the first of ethnic Chinese ancestry to lead countries in the Americas. In more modern times China and Taiwan have also expanded several levels of cooperation with the Caribbean nations.
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
.
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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
[
clarification needed
]
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
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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.
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Several capital-works or infrastructural projects across the Caribbean region have also been financed or extended full grants by the
Chinese government
.
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Visa free travel
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In recent years both China and Taiwan have signed a collection of short-term bilateral reciprocal visa-free travel agreements along with nations in the Caribbean region.
See also
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References
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3 April
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Taiwan's last allies include:
Belize
, eSwatini (formerly known as Swaziland), Guatemala,
Haiti
, the Holy See (the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church), Honduras, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Paraguay,
Saint Kitts and Nevis
,
Saint Lucia
,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
, and Tuvalu.
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Ward, Jared (5 January 2019).
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.
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. Retrieved
14 September
2019
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