Communist China's Hu Jintao cozies up to Mexico.Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (h  ` jĭn`tou`), 1942–, Chinese political leader, b. Jixi, Anhui prov. A hydroelectric engineering graduate (1965) of Qinghua Univ. , the Communist Party-appointed "president" of Communist China, made a swing through Mexico City Mexico CitySpanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi on his way to the UN World Summit in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . On September 11, Hu and Mexico's President Vicente Fox signed seven bilateral trade agreements to boost trade between the two countries. Fox also announced that Mexico would open up a new consular office in the Guangzhou province, one of China's most important manufacturing centers, while China will open a cultural center in Mexico City. China is pursuing a very aggressive strategy of building its influence throughout Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , by lavishing billions of dollars in "investments" and "aid" on the struggling economies of the region. |
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