Acevedo-Barga, J. A., & Pezeshki, C., & Li, R. (2012, June), Understanding the Evolving Relationship between China and Latin America by Examining Engineering Education Ties  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--22154

\bibitem{asee_peer_22154}
  Acevedo-Barga, J. A., \& Pezeshki, C., \& Li, R. (2012, June), \emph{Understanding the Evolving Relationship between China and Latin America by Examining Engineering Education Ties}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--22154

Jennifer A. Acevedo-Barga, Charles Pezeshki, and RunLu Li.  "Understanding the Evolving Relationship between China and Latin America by Examining Engineering Education Ties".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/22154 Internet.  12 Jul, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_22154}
  Jennifer A. Acevedo-Barga, Charles Pezeshki, and RunLu Li.
  "Understanding the Evolving Relationship between China and Latin America by Examining Engineering Education Ties".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/22154 Internet.  12 Jul, 2025

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AB  - Understanding the Evolving Relationship between China andLatin America by Examining Engineering Education TiesWith the decline of U.S. influence in the world and the evolution of a larger, more multi-polar structure in global politics, the research in this paper examines how academic tiesare evolving between China and Latin America. This is done by examining a variety ofrelationships, with a special focus on academic ties in engineering education, viewedthrough the lens of university-industry partnerships developed mutually between bothChinese and Latin American companies and universities.The relationship between China and Latin America is complex. While it is easy to focuson mutual economic drivers, we try to understand on a deeper level why China is goingto Latin America, and equivalently, why Latin America is seeking a deeper, moreprofound relationship with China. Using the backbone of China’s foreign policy, the FivePrinciples of Peaceful Existence, we illustrate how China and Latin America have builtdiplomatic relations through understanding core cultural values that are driving China’spolicies towards Latin America. We also look how China and Latin America arecollaborating within education, concentrating on university-industry partnerships andshared research interests as indices of engineering education. Finally, we use China’sMinistry of Foreign Affairs’ Policy Paper towards Latin America as tool to compareChina’s proposed actions to reality to answer: is China’s stated preferences the same asChina’s elected preferences? This leads to the larger question – is Chinese/LatinAmerican relationship growth predictable – and in light of this dramatic test of such basicU.S. policy principles such as the Monroe Doctrine, how should this influence U.S.policy toward both entities?
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