Waves of Asian Investments in Brazil
China, Japan and South Korea are the most critical economic and political powers in the East Asian region. Latin America represents an important destination of foreign direct investment…
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Country: Brazil
Telluric Connections, Bodies in Transit
On a summery morning in Santiago,Chile—January 20, 2016—my mother and I decided to go to the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center. My mother was returning to Brazil the next day, and I was…
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The Japanese Brazilian Community
The large community of Japanese Brazilians is often seen as a model minority. Indeed, many Brazilians without any Japanese heritage are now taking pride in Japanese martial arts, food…
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One Day We Arrived in Japan
In 2003, when I was an undergraduate at Harvard, I started studying the fascinating history of Japanese migration to Brazil and the more recent Brazilian migration to Japan. Brazil has the…
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China and Latin America Relations
After more than three decades of high rates of economic growth making China the world’s second-largest economy, its government continues to emphasize its status as a developing…
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