Li Xing is a Distinguished Professor at Guangdong Institute for International Strategies (GIIS). He is also a Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and Society, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is also appointed as honorary professor by many Chinese universities. Professor Li has produced a large number of international and Chinese journal publications. Since 2010, he has edited many book series on the theme of the “rise of China and the impact on the existing capitalist world order”. Four of his recent edited volumes are: Mapping China’s One Belt One Road Initiative (Palgrave, 2018); The International Political Economy of the BRICS (Routledge, 2019); China‑Latin America Relations in the 21st Century: The Dual Complexities of Opportunities and Challenges (Palgrave, 2020); and China‑EU Relations in a New Era of Global Transformation (Routledge, 2021).Javier Vadell fical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas). He is also a Visiting Professor at the National University of Rosario (UNR), Argentina, at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), and at Jiaxing University, China. He is a Research Fellow at China’s Huaqiao University, Xiamen. He is the Editor‑in‑Chief of Estudos Internacionais, journal of International Relations of PUC Minas. He is a researcher at CNPq, Brazil. He is a member of the CLACSO “China and the map of world power” Working Group. He has published numerous articles and book chapters about Latin America international politics and China.

• List of TablesList of FiguresList of GraphicsList of Contributors1 International Order Transition and China-US Rivalry: Implication for Lain Americaand the CaribbeanLi Xing and Javier Vadell2 Conceptualizing China-US Rivalry and Its Dynamic Impact on Latin America and the CaribbeanLi Xing3 The New Projectment Economy, the Chinese Embedded Globalization and Implications for Latin American and the CaribbeanElias Jabbour, Alexis Dantas, and Javier Vadell4 China and US Systemic Rivalry in the Contemporary Transition of World PowerGabriel Esteban Merino5 The Biden Administration and the Rise of China: Implications for U.S. Policy in Latin AmericaGary Prevost6 Central America and the Caribbean in US-China Strategic CompetitionLourdes María Regueiro Bello, Claudia Marín Suarez and Ruvislei González Saez7 Too Small to Choose? The Uruguayan Perspectives of Foreign Policy in the New ScenarioAndrés Raggio8 The United States and China’s Projections in the Andean Region: A Historical Structural Approach and Post-pandemic ScenariosMilton Reyes Herrera and Katalina Barreiro9 Between China and the United States: The Geopolitics of Mexico in the 21st CenturyAda Celsa Cabrera García and Giuseppe Lo Brutto10 Brazil and the China-US Rivalry: There and Back AgainLeonardo Ramos, Alexandre Leite and Filipe Mendonça11 China-Argentina Relations in the Framework of the “Necessary Symbiotic Interdependence” and “Strategic (Regional) Autonomy”Maria Francesca Staiano and Laura Lucía Bogado Bordazar12 Venezuela and the US-China DisputeNorbert Molina Medina and Francisco Soto Oraa13 Chile in the US-China Competition: Defying Zero-sum Logic with Pragmatism and Complementarity?Florencia Rubiolo and Diego Telias14 Final Remarks and Perspectives: China-US Rivalry, World Reordering and Latin American ResponsesJavier Vadell and Li XingList of AnnexuresIndex

Li Xing is a Distinguished Professor at Guangdong Institute for International Strategies (GIIS). He is also a Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and Society, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is also appointed as honorary professor by many Chinese universities. Professor Li has produced a large number of international and Chinese journal publications. Since 2010, he has edited many book series on the theme of the “rise of China and the impact on the existing capitalist world order”. Four of his recent edited volumes are: Mapping China’s One Belt One Road Initiative (Palgrave, 2018); The International Political Economy of the BRICS (Routledge, 2019); China‑Latin America Relations in the 21st Century: The Dual Complexities of Opportunities and Challenges (Palgrave, 2020); and China‑EU Relations in a New Era of Global Transformation (Routledge, 2021).Javier Vadell fical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas). He is also a Visiting Professor at the National University of Rosario (UNR), Argentina, at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), and at Jiaxing University, China. He is a Research Fellow at China’s Huaqiao University, Xiamen. He is the Editor‑in‑Chief of Estudos Internacionais, journal of International Relations of PUC Minas. He is a researcher at CNPq, Brazil. He is a member of the CLACSO “China and the map of world power” Working Group. He has published numerous articles and book chapters about Latin America international politics and China.

• List of TablesList of FiguresList of GraphicsList of Contributors1 International Order Transition and China-US Rivalry: Implication for Lain Americaand the CaribbeanLi Xing and Javier Vadell2 Conceptualizing China-US Rivalry and Its Dynamic Impact on Latin America and the CaribbeanLi Xing3 The New Projectment Economy, the Chinese Embedded Globalization and Implications for Latin American and the CaribbeanElias Jabbour, Alexis Dantas, and Javier Vadell4 China and US Systemic Rivalry in the Contemporary Transition of World PowerGabriel Esteban Merino5 The Biden Administration and the Rise of China: Implications for U.S. Policy in Latin AmericaGary Prevost6 Central America and the Caribbean in US-China Strategic CompetitionLourdes María Regueiro Bello, Claudia Marín Suarez and Ruvislei González Saez7 Too Small to Choose? The Uruguayan Perspectives of Foreign Policy in the New ScenarioAndrés Raggio8 The United States and China’s Projections in the Andean Region: A Historical Structural Approach and Post-pandemic ScenariosMilton Reyes Herrera and Katalina Barreiro9 Between China and the United States: The Geopolitics of Mexico in the 21st CenturyAda Celsa Cabrera García and Giuseppe Lo Brutto10 Brazil and the China-US Rivalry: There and Back AgainLeonardo Ramos, Alexandre Leite and Filipe Mendonça11 China-Argentina Relations in the Framework of the “Necessary Symbiotic Interdependence” and “Strategic (Regional) Autonomy”Maria Francesca Staiano and Laura Lucía Bogado Bordazar12 Venezuela and the US-China DisputeNorbert Molina Medina and Francisco Soto Oraa13 Chile in the US-China Competition: Defying Zero-sum Logic with Pragmatism and Complementarity?Florencia Rubiolo and Diego Telias14 Final Remarks and Perspectives: China-US Rivalry, World Reordering and Latin American ResponsesJavier Vadell and Li XingList of AnnexuresIndex

Li Xing is a Distinguished Professor at Guangdong Institute for International Strategies (GIIS). He is also a Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and Society, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is also appointed as honorary professor by many Chinese universities. Professor Li has produced a large number of international and Chinese journal publications. Since 2010, he has edited many book series on the theme of the “rise of China and the impact on the existing capitalist world order”. Four of his recent edited volumes are: Mapping China’s One Belt One Road Initiative (Palgrave, 2018); The International Political Economy of the BRICS (Routledge, 2019); China‑Latin America Relations in the 21st Century: The Dual Complexities of Opportunities and Challenges (Palgrave, 2020); and China‑EU Relations in a New Era of Global Transformation (Routledge, 2021).Javier Vadell fical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas). He is also a Visiting Professor at the National University of Rosario (UNR), Argentina, at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), and at Jiaxing University, China. He is a Research Fellow at China’s Huaqiao University, Xiamen. He is the Editor‑in‑Chief of Estudos Internacionais, journal of International Relations of PUC Minas. He is a researcher at CNPq, Brazil. He is a member of the CLACSO “China and the map of world power” Working Group. He has published numerous articles and book chapters about Latin America international politics and China.

• List of TablesList of FiguresList of GraphicsList of Contributors1 International Order Transition and China-US Rivalry: Implication for Lain Americaand the CaribbeanLi Xing and Javier Vadell2 Conceptualizing China-US Rivalry and Its Dynamic Impact on Latin America and the CaribbeanLi Xing3 The New Projectment Economy, the Chinese Embedded Globalization and Implications for Latin American and the CaribbeanElias Jabbour, Alexis Dantas, and Javier Vadell4 China and US Systemic Rivalry in the Contemporary Transition of World PowerGabriel Esteban Merino5 The Biden Administration and the Rise of China: Implications for U.S. Policy in Latin AmericaGary Prevost6 Central America and the Caribbean in US-China Strategic CompetitionLourdes María Regueiro Bello, Claudia Marín Suarez and Ruvislei González Saez7 Too Small to Choose? The Uruguayan Perspectives of Foreign Policy in the New ScenarioAndrés Raggio8 The United States and China’s Projections in the Andean Region: A Historical Structural Approach and Post-pandemic ScenariosMilton Reyes Herrera and Katalina Barreiro9 Between China and the United States: The Geopolitics of Mexico in the 21st CenturyAda Celsa Cabrera García and Giuseppe Lo Brutto10 Brazil and the China-US Rivalry: There and Back AgainLeonardo Ramos, Alexandre Leite and Filipe Mendonça11 China-Argentina Relations in the Framework of the “Necessary Symbiotic Interdependence” and “Strategic (Regional) Autonomy”Maria Francesca Staiano and Laura Lucía Bogado Bordazar12 Venezuela and the US-China DisputeNorbert Molina Medina and Francisco Soto Oraa13 Chile in the US-China Competition: Defying Zero-sum Logic with Pragmatism and Complementarity?Florencia Rubiolo and Diego Telias14 Final Remarks and Perspectives: China-US Rivalry, World Reordering and Latin American ResponsesJavier Vadell and Li XingList of AnnexuresIndex