【英文】大西洋理事会报告：中国在全球南方的话语权运作（32页）

英文研究报告 2022年05月18日 07:58 管理员

China has also successfully persuaded several countries to switch diplomatic recognition away from Taiwan. China induced Panama to switch diplomatic recognition in 2017, followed by the Dominican Republic and El Salvador in 2018.87 China has also leveraged promises of assistance in managing the COVID-19 pandemic to pressure Paraguay and Honduras to break relations with Taiwan, though these efforts have yet to be successful.In December 2021, Nicaragua was the latest Latin American country to break relations with Taiwan to the beneft of China.89 As China’s investment in the region grows, and its political and diplomatic engagement follows, Latin American countries will face increasing pressure to fall in line with China’s interests or face exclusion. With the added pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic on the region’s economies, China’s fnancial backing through the BRI is increasingly essential to sustain the region’s growth.

Among the countries in the region, China may fnd certain ones more eager to serve as “international friends” in spreading Chinese propaganda. Recent scholarly analysis has found that Latin American countries under presidents with left-wing ideology (including Left and Center Left) have a much more positive view of China than countries under presidents with other ideological preferences.91 The case study below on Venezuela illustrates the symbiotic relationship between autocratic media practices and China’s discourse power aims.Accounts belonging to the Maduro regime, including some displaying bot-like features and inauthentic behavior, amplifed #VacunaEsperanzayVida as a hashtag for the regime’s Etiqueta del Día (“Hashtag of the Day”) campaign, which it uses on an almost daily basis to manipulate Twitter’s trending topics and portray messages containing pro-Maduro hashtags as more popular than they actually are.