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<journal-id>2007-5308</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[México y la cuenca del pacífico]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Méx.cuenca pac]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-5308</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Departamento de Estudios del Pacífico]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-53082025000200039</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.32870/mycp.v14i41.923</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[¿Cooperación con el Sur Global o Realpolitik? La asistencia económica y tecnológica de China al régimen de Zimbabue]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cooperation with the Global South or Realpolitik? China&#8217;s economic and technological assistance to the Zimbabwe regime]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[León-Manríquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Luis]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zecua Cruz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arturo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ CDMX]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[CDMX ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>14</volume>
<numero>41</numero>
<fpage>39</fpage>
<lpage>62</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-53082025000200039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-53082025000200039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-53082025000200039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Como resultado de sus exitosas reformas económicas iniciadas en 1978, en unas cuantas décadas China se ha afirmado como una superpotencia global, dotada de fuertes capacidades económicas, tecnológicas, políticas y diplomáticas, que convergen en una ambiciosa estrategia de cooperación internacional para el desarrollo. Estas capacidades se han proyectado en países como Zimbabue, país de África Meridional que ha recibido importantes cantidades de recursos chinos para mejorar las tecnologías de la información y comunicación, establecer un padrón electoral nacional digital y estructurar una red de monitoreo de reconocimiento facial. Pese al discurso de una cooperación Sur-Sur, y más allá de sus posibles efectos positivos en el ámbito económico, este trabajo argumenta que estos proyectos han contribuido al mantenimiento del régimen autoritario en Zimbabue y han fortalecido el posicionamiento de China y la expansión de sus empresas en África.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract As a result of its successful economic reforms started in 1978, in a few decades China has become a global superpower, endowed with meaningful economic, technological, political and diplomatic capabilities, which converge in an ambitious strategy of international cooperation for development. These capabilities have been projected in countries such as Zimbabwe, a Southern African country that has received significant amounts of Chinese resources to improve information and communication technologies, establish a digital national electoral registry, and implement a facial recognition monitoring network. Notwithsanding the discourse of South-South cooperation, and beyond its possible positive effects in the economic sphere, this work argues that those projects have contributed to the maintenance of the authoritarian regime in Zimbabwe and have strengthened China&#8217;s position and the expansion of its companies in Africa.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ayuda internacional]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[innovación tecnológica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[autoritarismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[realpolitik]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[China]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[realpolitik]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[China]]></kwd>
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