Tournament: Chattahoochee | Round: 2 | Opponent: Johns Creek | Judge:
A. Uniqueness: China influence is up and US engagement is down – recent trips pale in comparison to policy.
Martinez ’13 (Guillermo I., Columnist, "America losing influence throughout Latin America" May 23, 2013, The Sun Sentinel, http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-05-23/news/fl-gmcol-oped0523-20130523_1_drug-cartels-latin-america-pri)-mikee
Once upon a time, as many fairy tales start, the United States was
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lose status as a premier world power. This is no fairy tale.
Kreps ’13 (Sarah E. Kreps 26 Gustavo A. Flores-Macías are Assistant Professors of Government at Cornell University, "No Strings Attached? Evaluating China’s Trade Relations Abroad," May 17, 2013, http://thediplomat.com/china-power/no-strings-attached-evaluating-chinas-trade-relations-abroad/)-mikee
To be sure, China may not have a purposeful plan to bring their trade
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its trade and diplomatic agenda as an important means of projecting influence abroad.
2. Chinese influence in Latin America rising – economic outreach and direct investment
Valencia 6/24 Robert Valencia, New York-based political analyst and a contributing writer for Global Voices, "US and China: The Fight for Latin America," World Policy Blog, 6/24/2013, http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/06/24/us-and-china-fight-latin-america
During the first weekend of June, U.S. President Barack Obama and
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market while the United States holds first place with 24.5 percent.
Farnsworth ’12 (Eric Farnsworth is vice-president of the Council of the Americas in Washington DC and from 1995 to 1998 was senior adviser to the White House special envoy for the Americas. "Memo to Washington: China’s Growing Presence in Latin America," Americas Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1, Winter, 2012, http://www.americasquarterly.org/Farnsworth)-mikee
What is China doing in the Americas? It’s a good question—and an
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costs and benefits of trade with China are unequally distributed across the Americas.
Rexing, 5 (San, Staff – Epoch Times, The CCP’s Last Ditch Gamble: Biological and Nuclear War, 8-5, http://english.epochtimes.com/ news/5-8-5/30975.html)
What, then, is the gist of this wild, last-ditch gamble
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now plans to hold one billion people hostage and gamble with their lives.