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= Article Planning: China-Ecuador Relations =

Nineteenth Century Immigration
Like many other Latin American nations, early contact between Ecuador and China consisted of the flow of Chinese migrants into the nation during the late nineteenth century. Many of these migrants, who were primarily from the Guangdong province, were fleeing the political and economic strife which had destabilized China during that time. Although these individuals had originally set out to resettle in Peru, Chinese communities began to emerge in the Guayas Province of Ecuador around 1880. These immigrants often worked agricultural, fishing, or mining jobs, while some did start restaurants and businesses, and eventually assimilated into Ecuadorian culture. This process was helped by Ecuadorian social organizations such as the China Beneficence, which effectively aided Chinese immigrants in finding employment and supplied social support. Remnants of these organizations still exist for the purpose of both aiding Chinese Ecuadorians and forging business connections between Ecuadorian professionals and their Chinese counterparts. Today, the Chinese-Ecuadorian community is rather small due to the successful assimilation measures taken by the Ecuadorian government, and is made up of about 2,500 people. Notable Ecuadorians of Chinese descent include Li Jian (footballer, born 1989) and businessman Carlos Moncayo.

Twentieth Century Relations
While official diplomatic relations between Ecuador and the People's Republic of China were not opened until 1980, Ecuadorian leaders had been demonstrating interest in China since the late 1960s. During this time, the Ecuadorian government abstained from voting on a resolution which blocked the PRC from holding a seat on the United Nations. In the early 1970s, during the presidency of José María Velasco Ibarra, China and Ecuador began to build a commercial relationship, with each nation establishing an office of commerce in the other country. This early progress was interrupted by a series of military coups which destabilized Ecuador from 1972 to 1979. The resulting military governments were unsympathetic to the Chinese regime, thus causing the lack of notable development of Sino-Ecuadorian relations during this period. Following the election of Jaime Roldós Aguilera in 1979 and the re-establishment of civilian rule in Ecuador, official diplomatic relations were established in 1980. Once relations were established, several Ecuadorian heads of state visited China in the late 20th century. The first trip was made by president Oswaldo Hurtado in 1984, followed by a 10 year hiatus, which was broken by president Sixto Durán Ballén in 1994, and then again by Jamil Mahuad in 1999. While many Ecuadorian executives visited China, no Chinese head of state reciprocated until President Xi Jinping visited Ecuador in 2016.

Surveillance Systems
In 2012, China loaned Ecuador 240 million dollars for the purpose of overhauling the Ecuadorian security system. This system is comprised of 4,300 new surveillance cameras, drones, automated evidence processing systems, and increased manpower to manage each of these new technologies, which has been collectively dubbed the ECU 911 Integrated Security Service. Much of this new hardware has been developed in Ecuador, but in laboratories designed and set up by China National Electronics Import and Export Corporation (CEIEC), which is a state-owned company and a subsidiary of national defence contractor China Electronics Corporation (CEC). The CEC has also undertaken similar surveillance overhauls in Venezuela and Bolivia, and has also introduced technology to monitor the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. The Ecuadorian government has highlighted the benefits of this extensive security system, which has been installed across the nation's 24 provinces. They argue that it has been able to decrease the response time for everyday emergencies such as life threatening illness, and have cited the system as a large factor in the dramatic drop in crime in Ecuador since it's installation. Some individuals have expressed concern about the nature and the pervasiveness of these technologies, however, and how they may be used to create an Ecuadorian police state. Many members of the international community have been closely observing the usage of similar systems in China, and have found that the facial recognition systems can locate a person of interest in around 7 minutes. The recent employment of dubious surveillance and manipulation tactics by the Ecuadorian government may validate these concerns, with some scholars going so far as to warn that similar systems can encourage authoritarian practices. However, there is currently no evidence that these systems are being overtly abused, and they have the potential to greatly improve the safety of the region.

 Article Evaluation- Ecuador 

Notes: Talk Page: C Class article, former featured article candidate, discussions seem to be polite and focused on adding sources, fixing grammatical and language errors, and fixing some information. "Lead section: Very factual, seems unbiased, straightforward information""History: Pre-inca section seemed good and factual, Inca section seemed to resort to an almost narrative style, this may be problematic due to lack of citations of sources, only links other wiki articles""Citations that are there seem to work well, linked to a reliable source.""Struggle for Possession: Oddly worded at times, could use a good edit for grammar. Tone may be slightly skewed too, and the citations seem to be minimal.""Many of the following sections are well written, provide their information via an unbiased tone and seem to be properly sourced. This article seems to be quite good overall in my opinion." ~

 Wikipedia Search- Corporatism 

How did you go about searching? "I searched for the term on Wikipedia, and then looked through the sidebar to see if any sections were explicitly referencing Latin America. None of them were, but I quickly found several references to Latin American Corporatism in the article."What keywords are associated with the article? "Under the 'See Also' section, I found these associated articles listed:""Corporate Nationalism, Corporate Statism, Cooperative, Distributism, Gemeinschaft and Gesellshaft, Guild, Guild Socialism, Guildism, Managerialism, Mutualism (Movement), National Syndicalism, Neofeudalism, Oligarchy, Quango, Solidarism (disambiguation) Third Way (centrism)"Describe the quality of the coverage of your selected subject? "The subheadings of the Corporatism article are all generally strong, speaking on the theoretical origins of the system, as well as how it applies to different political systems. The article also goes into many historical applications of Corporatism, and touches on Corporatism in Russia and China specifically. The article is well sourced and seems to be mostly unbiased. While I would generally rate this article fairly highly, it is by no means complete, as it seems that many of the things that were touched on were of specific interest to the editors. There should be a section on Corporatism in Latin America in the completed article, as well as several other subheadings on corporatism in relevant societies." ~

Contemporary Actor Search
The movement that I am focusing on is the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, which is an important ethnic movement in Ecuador that campaigns for the rights of indigenous people. The article is quite strong, concisely stating information under clear and logically laid out headings. While there may be a single word here or there that implies a slight bias by the author, both for and against, this is usually just do to word choice and is generally a small problem. The article is rated as a C class article, with concerns about neutrality also being raised on the talk page.