International relationsChina woos Argentina, Bolivia and Peru to advance Belt and Road
Beijing pursues broader set of partners amid tensions with U.S.
Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi shake hands in Beijing on April 30. (China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
YUKIO TAJIMA and NIKI MIZUGUCHI, Nikkei staff writers
BEIJING/BRASILIA, Brazil -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met with counterparts from Argentina, Peru and Bolivia in the past week, as Beijing intensifies efforts to court Latin American countries through its Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative.