It appears that many ordinary Jamaicans have been able to mount a successful lobby for more political attention to be paid to the increasingly high-profile infusion of the Chinese economic influence in their country.
Aggressive Chinese penetration of the economies of several Caricom countries, including the involvement of Chinese companies in a number of huge infrastructure projects, has raised eyebrows in the region. Concerns have centred chiefly around the proliferation of Chinese merchants in countries in the region and the various ways in which they have been impacting on the commercial culture. Keen attention is also being paid to the quid pro quo in terms of control over natural resources and political influence,
