In Guyana, Chinese companies have developed the timber, oil, and gold industries.Ĭhina's short and long-term interests in the region appear to be not only motivated by economics but also aimed at connecting nations in America's backyard to a Maritime Silk Road under Chinese influence. Chinese funds have restored the Baha Mar luxury resort in the Bahamas. In March of this year, a visa waiver program was created, aimed at opening the Caribbean paradise to an untapped market of 20-million Chinese tourists. Barbados, a small island in the Lesser Antilles, has received millions from Chinese companies to restore historical landmarks and provide free medical care. Valued at $1.5 billion, the port will become China's largest in a region that has become a growing target for Chinese aid and diplomatic overtures. In September 2016 the China Harbor Engineering Company (中国港湾工程有限责任公司) agreed to build a mega-port in Jamaica that would make the small island-nation a hub for mammoth Chinese ships soon crossing through an expanded Panama Canal ( Jamaica Gleaner, September 24, 2016). While the world's attention focuses on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) connecting China with Eurasia and Africa, China is also making major investments in the Caribbean. Link to original story on Jamestown website Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Jamestown Foundation, Making Sense of China's Caribbean Policy, 21 July 2017, China Brief Volume: 17 Issue: 10, available at:
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