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Tracking China's Global Influence

November 17, 2025

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‍Date: Tuesday, November 18th, 2025.

Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM, EST.

Virtual: Details on attending the event via Zoom will be sent to registered attendees.

For Whom: The event is free and open to the public.

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AidData at William & Mary released a report and dataset that tracks trillions in China’s overseas lending & grant-giving. CNN’s David Culver (W&M '09), AidData Executive Director Brad Parks (W&M '03), and AidData researcher Sailor Miao (W&M '24) had a virtual conversation breaking down what our findings mean—and why they matter.

Related Publications

Policy Report
Chasing China: Learning to Play by Beijing's Global Lending Rules
Bradley C. Parks, Sheng Zhang, Brooke Escobar, Katherine Walsh, Rory Fedorochko, Lydia Vlasto, Jacqueline Zimmerman, Julie Sickell, Emma Bury, Ameya Joshi, Lea Thome, Oshin Pandey, and Pavan Raghavendra Raja Manuri Venkata
November 18, 2025

Related Datasets

Global China Data
China's Global Loans and Grants Dataset, Version 1.0
This dataset captures 33,580 projects and activities across 217 low-, middle-, and high-income countries supported by grants and loans from official sector institutions in China worth nearly $2.2 trillion over a 24-year period (2000-2023).
November 18, 2025

Related Blog Posts

November 18, 2025
China’s massive overseas lending portfolio shifts course, as Beijing eyes the U.S., EU, and sensitive industries
New AidData report and datasets track for the first time China’s secretive loans and grants in high-income as well as developing countries.

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