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Caribbean & Central America - November 2007 (ISSN 1741-4458)
COSTA RICA: Arias returns from China with promises and cash
Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias went on a state visit to China at the end of October, some five months after he led Costa Rica to switch diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China. [RC-07-06] Arias met China's three most senior political figures - President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and president of the national people's congress, Wu Bangguo - a clear sign of Costa Rica's geopolitical importance to China as a foothold in Central America, one of Taiwan's last strongholds and the only area where China still lacks official economic contacts. Costa Rica's recent ratification of the Cafta-DR free trade agreement with the US made the country an even more important ally for the Chinese. [RC-07-10]
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