Belt and Road Reboot

Beijing's Bid to De-Risk Its Global Infrastructure Initiative

The report draws upon AidData’s new, uniquely comprehensive dataset capturing 20,985 Chinese development finance projects across 165 countries worth $1.34 trillion from 2000-2021

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