Análisis de las relaciones diplomáticas Colombia - China: obstáculos, potencialidades y desafíos para una asociación estratégica (2000-2020)

Abstract

In the current international scenario, China is configured as a rising world power, with a tendency to lead the processes of political and economic globalization in the 21st century, which implies new challenges for the international insertion of Latin America in general, and of Colombia in particular with the new power. In the framework of four decades of official relations between Colombia and China, it is of utmost importance to carry out a diagnosis of the achievements, shortcomings and challenges present in bilateral diplomatic relations, with a view to identifying the obstacles and possibilities that Colombia has to achieve the status of strategic partner of China in the context of Sino-Latin American relations and the transformations and bets of Colombian foreign policy. Based on a qualitative approach of a descriptive and analytical type, a critical analysis of Colombian-Chinese relations is proposed, with an emphasis on the political dimension, supported by two theoretical-conceptual frameworks: a) the constructivist paradigm, and b) the conceptual category. strategic partnership, essential to understand the degree of relevance that China grants in its bilateral ties.