China and Venezuela Reaffirm Economic, Social Ties

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China and Venezuela Reaffirm Economic, Social Ties

Though China is growing increasingly concerned about Venezuela’s economic, social, and political stability, it continues to provide finance and investment in an effort to strengthen relations.

By Matt Ferchen

Published on Jul 20, 2014

Appearing on CCTV America, Carnegie’s Matt Ferchen discussed the implications of China’s increasing investment in the oil-rich country of Venezuela. Although China is growing increasingly concerned about Venezuela’s economic, social, and political stability, Ferchen explained that it continues to provide finance and investment in an effort to strengthen relations.

For instance, Ferchen said, the China Development Bank (CBD) has done more than any other organization within the Chinese system to build up the financial and oil relationship with Venezuela. However, Matt Ferchen added that the opening of a new CBD office in Caracas does not necessarily signal optimism, but instead increased skepticism of Venezuela’s current stability. Ferchen said that in order to make Chinese investments productive, China is going to have to be involved in the process of improving the situation in Venezuela, be it socially, economically, or even politically.

This interivew was originally aired on CCTV.

About the Author

Matt Ferchen

Former Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

Ferchen specializes in China’s political-economic relations with emerging economies. At the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, he ran a program on China’s economic and political relations with the developing world, including Latin America.

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