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The Wall Street Journal Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis Tests China’s Role as Financier to Poor Countries

The Wall Street Journal Global Investors Dump Bonds of Chinese Banks That Lent Heavily to Russia

Axios G7's $600B infrastructure bid to counter China

The Guardian China funnels its overseas aid money into political leaders’ home provinces

The Economist The price of friendship

The Economist The Chinese-African relationship is important to both sides, but also unbalanced

The Economist Chinese loans and investment in infrastructure have been huge

CNBC Op-ed: The four big threats to China’s economy

South China Morning Post Nepal’s economic woes, following Sri Lanka’s crisis, turn up the heat on China’s belt and road loans

South China Morning Post Report casts doubt on Chinese debt-trap threat to Kenya’s Mombasa port

Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) Testing transparency’s benefits: When does it truly improve how institutions perform?

VoxEU China’s overseas lending and the war in Ukraine

Bloomberg TV The Myth of the Chinese Debt Trap in Africa

The East African China-Uganda loan deal for Entebbe Airport is binding: MPs

The Wall Street Journal Moscow’s Shadow Dogged China’s Economic Links to Ukraine

The China-Africa Project China Exim Bank’s Controversial Loan to Expand Uganda’s Entebbe Airport

Quartz Is Uganda’s Entebbe airport at risk of seizure by China?

Let's Talk Development (The World Bank) Systematic underreporting of public debt statistics: 50 years of evidence and recent progress

Global Village Space The Russo-Ukrainian Warfare: What went wrong?

Reuters Factbox: China-Russia trade has surged as countries grow closer

The East African China puts 'aggressive' terms on Entebbe airport loan: researchers

Quartz How China can help Russia survive economic sanctions

The Financial Times Chinese lenders squeeze African borrowers even harder

The Financial Times China ready to soften economic blow to Russia from Ukraine sanctions

Stuff China rejects accusations it is setting 'debt traps' all around the Pacific

The Economist How Chinese firms have dominated African infrastructure

South China Morning Post Nigeria looks to Europe for funding as Chinese lenders move away from costly projects in Africa

Die Welt Pekings harte Schuldenpolitik – Entwicklungsländern droht ein verlorenes Jahrzehnt

The Financial Times Argentina’s IMF deal offers a warning on emerging market debt

Le Point Pékin-Moscou, l’axe anti-occidental

United Nations Development Program First Regular Session of the Executive Board 31 January - 4 February 2022

Quartz Secret contracts show how China structures loans to become Africa’s “preferred” lender

The Diplomat Beijing’s Public Diplomacy in South And Central Asia

The Financial Times China applies brakes to Africa lending

BBC China: Is it burdening poor countries with unsustainable debt?

The Wall Street Journal Uganda Finds China’s Leverage Is in the Fine Print of Its Lending

BBC China 2022中国经济展望： “5时代”元年的机会与风险

Radio Free Asia Indonesia breaks ground on China-backed 'green' industrial zone on Borneo

Agence France Presse Laos opens scenic railway built on a mountain of Chinese debt

Mojo Story China spent 127 billion dollars on "Diplomacy" | These are the 25 provinces that got the most money

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Why China Is In Africa - If You Don’t Know, Now You Know

Radio Free Asia United States pledges to help Indo-Pacific countries build better infrastructure

The Independent (Uganda) Entebbe Airport gone or not?

Business Daily Africa Kenya paid China Sh29bn to ease debt repayment standoff

The Statesman China faces pushback on BRI initiatives

Die Welt China's failure is Europe's opportunity; 300 billion euros for the Balkans and Africa

Associated Press Laos-China railway to launch as debt to Beijing mounts

The Financial Times Laos to open Chinese-built railway amid fears of Beijing’s influence

Radio Free Asia Debt-trapped: Sri Lanka, Laos, and now Uganda?

The Diplomat China’s BRI Lending: $385 Billion in ‘Hidden Debts’

Reuters African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

The Washington Post Africa's Rising Cities: How Africa will become the center of the world's urban future

The Wire (China) Stalled Dreams: With debts unpaid and Ethiopia on the brink of collapse, China's decades-old Africa strategy may be starting to change

CBS News Transcript: David Malpass on "Face the Nation," November 14, 2021

Pakistonomy Understanding China's BRI Impact

The Globe and Mail China wants to dominate the global electric vehicle market – and it’s using Congolese minerals to do it

The Diplomat How BRI Debt Puts China at Risk

The Observer Research Foundation China and Africa—Is it the end of the honeymoon period?

MSNBC Morning Joe: Behind China's massive belt and road initiative

Financial Express Exposing China’s investment strategy

Nikkei Asia The new Great Game: Central Asia struggles to balance three powers

Project Syndicate The World Bank as a Cash-Transfer Algorithm

Asia Times Covid crisis finally catches up with Laos

Asia Times Hidden China debts come to the fore in Indonesia

The Diplomat Pacific Nations Have an Interest in Challenging China’s Expansive Maritime Claims

Finantz und Wirtschaft China büsst in Afrika an Kredit ein; Empörung wegen Corona

The Economist Pakistan got its way in Afghanistan. Now what?

Jeune Afrique Chine-Afrique : qui a bénéficié des 40 milliards de dollars de la « dette cachée » ?

BBC Africa Daily Are Chinese loans still a good deal for Africa?

NPR Morning Edition China's massive infrastructure initiative across Asia, Europe and Africa hits snags

CNBC Arabia طريق الحرير وأشواك الدين الخفي

The Times of India In 10 charts: How China has saddled poor nations with massive debt, 'buyers' remorse'

The Economist A new report digs into China’s labyrinthine foreign loans

Foreign Policy Can the United States Rival China in Latin America?

Dawn Transparency needed

BBC 中国“一带一路”：协助发展或放高利贷？

Al-Jazeera The cost of China's help

The Guardian China owed $385bn – including ‘hidden debt’ from poorer nations, says report

BBC World Service (Newsday) China's hidden foreign lending

Kyodo News China outspending U.S., Japan in overseas development finance: study

Agence France Presse (AFP) China infrastructure drive traps poor nations with $385 billion 'hidden debt': Study

Reuters China’s Belt and Road plans losing momentum as opposition, debt mount – study

The Japan Times China outspending U.S. and Japan in overseas development finance, study shows

Nikkei Asia $385bn of China's Belt and Road lending kept undisclosed: report

The Financial Times ‘Hidden debt’ on China’s Belt and Road tops $385bn, says new study

BBC News (Print) China: Big spender or loan shark?

BBC News (TV) Is China a big spender or a loan shark?

BBC Newshour (Radio) China’s international funding double that of US

BBC World Business Report (Radio) Warning over Chinese lending

Die Welt Diese Schuldenliste entlarvt Chinas wahre Absichten

Le Monde En Zambie, la dette «cachée» vis-à-vis de la Chine

Le Monde Comment la Chine tient les pays en développement par la dette

The Wall Street Journal Hidden Debt Plagues China’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Plan, Studies Find

The Hill How the world could have averted Afghanistan's surging migration crisis

The Guardian (Nigeria) Chinese firm demands billions of shillings from Kenya before handing over railway project

The Economic Times China keeps key Eastern African state of Kenya on tenterhooks

Diplomatic Courier New study highlights changing global perceptions of development partners

Foreign Policy Is Africa Headed for a Financial Crisis?

The Financial Times The terms of China’s massive loan spree

Business Daily Africa Kenya drops China debt relief bid as banks resist

South China Morning Post China, Africa and the big coronavirus debt relief question

Bloomberg How Biden Can Take On China With a Better Belt and Road

Dhaka Tribune Why Bangladesh has been ignoring India’s warnings about the Chinese ‘debt trap’

Foreign Policy Poll: China’s Influence Is Not Inevitable

Bloomberg Opinion China and Its Lenders Have to Join the Global Club

Radio Free Europe A Closer Look At China's Controversial Lending Practices Around The World

Omvarlden Kina ställer krav på tystnad i hemliga lånekontrakt

Quartz Africa Secret contracts show how China structures loans to become Africa’s “preferred” lender

The China Africa Project How China Lends: A Landmark Report on Chinese Loan Contracts

La Repubblica Cina, la trappola del debito. Con la consegna del silenzio

Le Figaro Accords de crédit: comment la Chine soumet les pays pauvres à son autorité

Le Monde La Chine a fait de la dette un instrument au service de sa puissance

Cinco Días El auténtico riesgo de deber dinero a China

Les Echos La Chine : « ni prédatrice ni amie »

The Financial Express Chinese loan deals with developing countries unusually secretive, US research claims

Nikkei "中国、 融資に 「秘密条項」 多用 途上国と不平等契約: 「敵対」 なら即返済/他国より優遇を 米大が報告書"

Radio France Internationale Will Chinese loan terms hamper post-virus debt talks in Africa, Asia?

The Print What 100 contracts with secrecy clause reveal about China’s development lending

Nikkei Asia China's secret loan contracts reveal clout over developing nations

The Straits Times The unusual case of China's overseas lending practices

Al Jazeera "China demands secrecy in its loans to developing countries: Study "

Associated Press Report: Chinese loan terms hamper post-virus debt talks

Axios How China uses secret loans for geopolitical power

Bloomberg Chinese Contracts Could Complicate Sovereign Debt Restructuring

Center for Global Development In the Secretive World of Government-to-Government Lending, 100 Chinese Debt Contracts Offer a Trove of New Information

Corriere della Serra I prestiti muscolari delle banche cinesi

Der Spiegel So funktioniert Chinas Schuldenregime

Deutsche Welle China's secret loans to developing nations pose problems, study finds

Devex How does China lend? Insight from a study of 100 loans

Die Presse Geld für Einfluss: Wie sich China die Welt kauft

Die Welt Blanke Willkür – wie China sich ärmere Länder gefügig macht

The Economist What 100 contracts reveal about China’s development lending

The Financial Times China’s secret loan contracts reveal its hold over low-income nations

La Tercera Estudio revela el secreto programa (y las particulares condiciones) de préstamos internacionales de China

Reuters Database reveals secrets of China's loans to developing nations, says study

Sueddeutsche Zeitung Wie China andere Länder mit Krediten gängelt

Zeit Online Chinas Geheimverträge

Khmer Times Western thoughts on benefits of Cambodian BRI initiatives evolving

Tổ Quốc Xây cao tốc, thu nợ qua phí cầu đường: Trung Quốc dùng chiêu gì với những "con nợ" khó đòi?

South China Morning Post A new way for the highway as Africa struggles with Chinese debt

The News Chronicle (Nigeria) Why Poverty Endures Amid Wasted Trillion Dollars

The Japan Times U.S. and India to sign defense pact amid China border standoff

The Star Pompeo in India for talks; all set to sign defence pact

Yicai 用数据分析中国对非卫生援助

Channel News Asia Commentary: Looks like China has its own '+1' strategy and Southeast Asia is itCommentary: Looks like China has its own '+1' strategy and Southeast Asia is it

Dân Trí Hé lộ “con nợ” hàng tỷ USD mới của Trung Quốc tại châu Phi

South China Morning Post China is behind billion dollar debt restructure for Angola, analysts say

The Strategist Will multilateral development banks step up to meet Sri Lanka’s funding gap?

South China Morning Post Debt-laden Angola gets relief from creditor nations of the Paris Club under G20 plan

Fratmat.info Amélioration du système de santé : Les Etats-Unis remettent au gouvernement un logiciel de données

Taipei Times "Walter Lohman On Taiwan: Transparency and the People’s Republic of China "

The Star US contributions to Kenya estimated at over Sh300 billion annually – report

Foreign Policy Latin America Can’t Survive the Coronavirus Crisis Alone

Humanitarian AI Today Humanitarian AI Today: Seth Goodman from AidData

The Diplomat The China-India Contest in the Middle East

Business Tech Africa China, Africa and debt

William & Mary Tracking China: AidData Sheds Light on Chinese Foreign Aid

The Mt. Kenya Times Kenya to Reap Immense Economic Benefit Once It Seals Transformative Free Trade Agreement with United States

Kenyans.co.ke US Boosts Kenya's Covid-19 Response With Ksh5 Billion

Council on Foreign Relations As Africa Faces COVID-19, Chinese Debt Relief is a Welcome Development

South China Morning Post Pandemic takes the shine off China’s Belt and Road Initiative as African partners struggle with coronavirus

Voice of America 中国贷款政策以邻为壑对全球发展构成威胁

International Institute for Sustainable Development Could America’s Green New Deal Support the SDGs?

Business Daily Africa American firms hired 5,964 more Kenyans in a decade

Mwakilishi Kenyan-Based US Companies Have Employed 6,000 Kenyans in 10 Years, Data Shows

The Diplomat Putting a Dollar Amount on China’s Loans to the Developing World

The Financial Times China surpasses western government African university scholarships

Environmental News Network In 'Nature': Using GIE to Map Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest

Phys.org Using GIE to map deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

Reuters Achieving urban sustainable development in the face of COVID-19

The Daily Times Is a Thucydidean clash between the USA and China inevitable?

Foreign Affairs How Hegemony Ends: The Unraveling of American Power

The Hindu China suggests shift in BRI approach amid debt concerns

The Brookings Institution What makes the World Bank so influential—its money or its ideas?

Voice of America “带路”国家深陷疫情高呼免债 中国：不行

South China Morning Post Africa has a question for Beijing: will you forgive us our debt?

UN-Habitat The cost of making a city sustainable: Measuring the financial cost of meeting SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda

Foreign Policy Why Populists Want a Multipolar World

South China Morning Post Coronavirus runs roughshod over debt-laden belt and road projects

Center for Global Development A Reckoning for China’s Opaque Overseas Lending

Philippine Daily Inquirer Study says Chinese loans, though higher in interest rates, would not lead to ‘debt trap’

Center for Global Development In Global COVID-19 Response, New CGD Research Shows China Should Lead on Poor Country Debt Relief

Milano Finanza Diplomazia mascherata

EurActiv Musíme radikálně změnit vztahy s Afrikou, říká Komise. EU ale ujíždí vlak, o Afriku se zajímá i Čína

The Sunday Times (South Africa) The new scramble for Africa

Liberty Times Net 納瓦洛：美國不讓中國掌控聯合國機構 台灣遭ICAO封鎖是殷鑑

The Financial Times US: don’t give China control of intellectual property group

环球视野 (Global View) 中国在非洲债务问题的争论与真相

The Daily Telegraph Tip-toeing around China’s sensitivities about coronavirus will only hurt us, says James Morrow

Radio Free Cambodia តើ​ប្រទេស​កំពុង​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​ដូច​កម្ពុជា គួរ​រៀន​សូត្រ​អ្វីខ្លះ ពី​គម្រោង​ខ្សែ​ក្រវាត់ និង​ផ្លូវ​របស់​ចិន?

Radio Free Asia 一带一路钱去了哪? 偏好政府领导的家乡

Finweb Kam až siahajú chápadlá Číny? Analýza ich objavila v 138 krajinách

The Tribune More to China’s outreach than meets the eye

Finans Güdem Küresel iştah Çin’i Afrika’ya götürdü!

Visual Capitalist How Chinese Financing is Fueling Megaprojects Around the World

South China Morning How Zimbabwe’s new parliament symbolises China’s chequebook diplomacy approach to Africa

The Hill Does China have the most diplomatic pull on the planet?

Agence France Presse China's diplomatic push in Asia sees mixed results: study

South China Morning Post China is spending big on diplomacy in Central and South Asia, but is it worth it?

Benar News Studies: China’s Regional Moves Create Concerns for Neighbors

The Diplomat Kazakhstan on China’s Diplomatic Silk Road

Asia Times China splurges for influence in Asia, says study

China Daily Fighting poverty the Chinese way

The American Interest Why Mongolian Democracy Is Worth Defending

South China Morning Post China’s investments the least popular of its diplomacy efforts in South and Central Asia, report suggests

BBC World Service - World Business Report

NPR Why The Trump Decision To Delay Aid To Ukraine Is Under Scrutiny

Council on Foreign Relations Everyone’s Getting Mad at China—A Shift, or Nothing New?

Associated Press As China builds up Africa, some in Uganda warn of trouble

Los Angeles Times In checkbook diplomacy duel, China pledges at least $8.6 billion to win over Taiwan’s allies

The Atlantic China’s Investments in Rwanda Raise Familiar Questions About Debt

SDG IISD AidData Report Tracks SDG Financing, Donor Priorities

Wall Street Journal U.S. Investment in African University Fails as China Advances

The Australian Neighbours will take China road if we’re not careful

Dagens Nyheter The effect of aid is visible from space

新浪 (Sina) Pompeo’s European prowess is quite counter-productive

UNDP Statement at the Annual Session of the Executive Board 2019

Geospatial World AidData’s GeoQuery tool adds urban boundaries for 200 cities

Council on Foreign Relations Belt and Road Tracker

The Herald The give-and-take of BRI in Africa

The Wall Street Journal China’s Xi Vows New Direction for ‘Belt and Road’ After Criticism

China Global Television Network (CGTN) Belt and Road construction to focus on high-quality cooperation

The Washington Post The new World Bank head wants some changes. That could backfire.

Myanmar Times What to read ahead of Beijing’s Belt and Road Forum

The Brookings Institution (Future Development blog) Where has the Millennium Challenge Corporation succeeded and failed to incentivize reform—and why?

The National Interest John Bolton's Foreign Aid Fumble

The Financial Times Emerging markets face a new debt crisis; Chinese lending is not the only cause

CGTN From aid taker to aid giver

China Daily China's overseas development aid is crucial support

Les Echos Comment les Chinois mènent la conquête de l'Afrique | How the Chinese lead the conquest of Africa

Xinhua Spotlight: BRI promotes global trade, connectivity: think tanks

The World Bank Let's Talk Development Blog Roads through tough places: Using remote sensing for impact evaluations of infrastructure investments in conflict-affected settings

Radio France Internationale Chine: Pékin et la «diplomatie de la dette» | China: Beijing and "debt diplomacy"

The Washington Post Ivanka Trump’s empowerment plan aims to help 50 million women. So far, $50 million has been pledged.

The Times Confucius Institutes sway news coverage on China, says UCD analysis

The Diplomat China’s Venezuela Headache

Infrastructure Investor China's Belt & Road Initiative evolves but concerns remain

CSIS Into Africa Decoding the Continent

South China Morning Post China’s Belt and Road Initiative will add US$117 billion to global trade this year, a new study shows

The Africa Report So how much is China really investing in Africa? -- with Brad Parks of AidData

The New York Times Competing Against Chinese Loans, U.S. Companies Face Long Odds in Africa

The Washington Post Why U.S. universities are shutting down China-funded Confucius Institutes

Pambazuka Will Africa welcome a change in US foreign assistance?

The Diplomat The Trouble With Trump's New Africa Strategy

The New York Times Bolton Outlines a Strategy for Africa That’s Really About Countering China

The Atlantic Africa Is the New Front in the U.S.-China Influence War

The New York Times The World, Built by China

South China Morning Post Debt-trap allegations push China to tighten reins on foreign aid programme

NPR China's Building Spree In Poor Nations: Does It Really Help The Local Economy?

The Diplomat Why Is Transparency So Important for China’s Development Assistance?

The Washington Post The problem solvers of tomorrow’s workforce

The Sydney Morning Herald Red Cross calls for 'humanitarian Belt and Road' to boost Chinese aid

Overseas Development Institute China and international development: six things to read in October

财新 (Caixin) 分析|美国重整融资工具再入非洲 对冲中国影响力

Inkstone End of an era, as Japan to stop aid to China after 40 years

BBC World Service More or Less: Foreign Aid: Who’s the most generous?

ABS-CBN News FOCUS: Is Africa starting to choke on China's lending glut?

The Brookings Institution A quiet revolution in impact evaluation at USAID

The Washington Post China is offering ‘no strings attached aid’ to Africa. Here’s what that means.

China Radio International (Ukraine) Китайські інвестиції в інфраструктуру усувають дисбаланси розвитку в країнах, що розвиваються

EurekAlert! Research on aid tackling modern slavery, forced labor, human trafficking, child labor

Рамблер (Rambler) Китайские инвестиции в инфраструктуру устраняют дисбаланс развития в развивающихся странах

Global Times China open to adjustment of B&R projects based on countries' needs: analysts

Foreign Policy Corruption Is Wasting Chinese Money in Africa

Dawn ‘Chinese building projects narrowing economic gaps’

新浪 (Sina) 美报告显示中国一带一路可缩小经济差距 美媒恶意歪曲

線報 (LinePost) 哈佛研究：一帶一路援助只23%符合國際標準，美國是93%

RTP Notícias Projeto internacional de infraestruturas da China reduz desigualdades económicas

China Daily 美国研究：中国亚非项目缩小经济差距 有助全球稳定

South China Morning Post China’s belt and road projects ‘narrow economic inequalities within countries’

Deutsche Welle Studi: Proyek Infrastruktur Cina Pangkas Kesenjangan di Asia dan Afrika

Deutsche Welle China, Afrika zasaini makubaliano ya kibenki

The Washington Post Belt and Road projects direct Chinese investment to all corners of the globe. What are the local impacts?

Center for Global Development Fearing Marxism in Chinese Financing

The Washington Times Belt and Road' projects lay foundations for China's expansion of military bases, critics charge

The Brookings Institution Will Chinese development projects pave the way to inclusive growth?

Diário de Notícias Projeto internacional de infraestruturas da China reduz desigualdades económicas

Deutsche Welle 调研：“一带一路”缩小贫富鸿沟

Project Syndicate China is Losing the New Cold War

Notícias au Minuto Ocidente tem "dor de cotovelo" face ao papel da China em África

Daily Monitor From roads to retail trade: Inside China’s growing stake in Africa

tvi24 China é maior parceiro comercial de África pelo nono ano consecutivo

UN World Data Forum Catalyzing the use and impact of official statistics for sustainable development

The Hill China’s race to the bottom in Africa

BBC Mundo Cómo África se ha convertido, para Rusia y China, en el nuevo territorio de disputa para su influencia comercial y política

Kennedy School Review The Case for Chinese Aid: Why It Complements, Not Displaces, Western Aid

CNN China could overtake Australia as biggest donor to Pacific, if it pays up

CSIS The Push, Pull, and Purse of Chinese Public Diplomacy: A Conversation with Samantha Custer