中國私營和國營企業在拉丁美洲的拓展，直接影響中國在全球的國際形象。儘管行為者越來越多元，西方大眾、媒體和政府仍傾向將中國視為一個單一行為體。不可否認，當北京領導人訪問拉美地區時，如此觀點備受支持和肯定。本文試統整各方對於「中國擁有單一外交政策」的論述，以及中國和拉美各國關係中的多元面向。文中將探索此種如雨傘一般、全罩式視角所帶來的影響、不合理處和可能造成的誤導。透過比較分析的方式觀察中拉關係的發展形式、北京對拉美地區的整體外交取向，以及後者對中國-拉丁美洲關係的影響，本文指出此跨太平洋關係中許多需要更進一步理解的層面。

The growing presence in Latin America of Chinese companies, private and state-owned, impacts on China’s international image globally, for in spite of the growing diversity of actors involved, the Western public, their media and governments, tend to conceive of China as a unified actor. Indeed this is a perception encouraged by Beijing’s leaders when they tour the region. This article sheds some light on the attempts at presenting a unified foreign policy of the PRC and the often divergent aspects of the country’s foreign relations with the countries of the region. It explores the implications of this umbrella approach, its incongruences and potential pitfalls. Adopting a comparative approach to examining patterns and implications in China’s relations with Latin America, and looking at Beijing’s overall foreign policy approach and its evolving relationship with the Latin American region, the paper points to numerous aspects of the transpacific relationship that need to be better understood.