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UN World Data Forum

Catalyzing the use and impact of official statistics for sustainable development

August 27, 2018
The Hill

China’s race to the bottom in Africa

August 24, 2018
Kennedy School Review

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

August 19, 2018
CNN

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

August 9, 2018
CSIS

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

August 1, 2018
The Japan Times

Japan’s universities need more global ties

July 27, 2018
The Economist

China has a vastly ambitious plan to connect the world

July 26, 2018
Quartz

Chinese contractors are going to keep dominating road construction in Uganda

July 13, 2018
South China Morning Post

China ‘needs to heed overseas unease’ as it moves to global centre-stage

July 13, 2018
The Hill

US steps up its game in Africa, a continent open for business

July 6, 2018
Bond

How do CSO leaders rank SDGs and aid donors?

July 4, 2018
The Hill Times

Canada, a preferred development partner? Think again

July 4, 2018
South China Morning Post

Hooking up with Najib, Arroyo and Rajapaksa: the risks of China’s attachment to discredited leaders

July 1, 2018
中央廣播電臺 (Radio Taiwan International)

擴大影響力 中國在東亞砸上兆元

June 28, 2018
l'Opinion

La Chine veut bien bouger sur le commerce, mais pas sur le reste

June 28, 2018
Redazione China Files

In Cina e Asia :  La Cina “non cederà nemmeno un millimetro del suo territorio”

June 28, 2018
TVBS News

中國在東亞砸上兆元 交朋友擴大影響力

June 28, 2018
Asian Correspondent

Malaysia is the largest beneficiary of Chinese cash diplomacy

June 28, 2018
The Straits Times

Beijing spent $65b on charm offensive to win friends: US study

June 28, 2018
An Ninh Tiền Tệ

Trung Quốc dùng 45 tỷ USD để mua 'ảnh hưởng' ở châu Á như thế nào?

June 28, 2018
侨报 (The China Press)

《外交学者》：中国外交不只靠借款投资

June 28, 2018
South China Morning Post

Is China undermining its neighbours’ trust by buying political influence with foreign aid?

June 27, 2018
The Australian

Beijing billions poured into aid for Asia-Pacific

June 27, 2018
Bloomberg

China Spends Big to Win Friends and Influence Across East Asia

June 27, 2018
Baomoi

Trung Quốc dùng 45 tỷ USD để mua "ảnh hưởng"ở châu Á như thế nào?

June 27, 2018
The Straits Times

How to win friends the Chinese way: Spend US$48 billion in financial diplomacy, a US study finds

June 27, 2018
The Diplomat

How China Wins Friends and Influences People

June 27, 2018
Macauhub

Contributions to the Asian Infrastructure Bank boost China’s foreign aid

June 19, 2018
IRIN News

Migrant superheroes, dodgy donors, and redesigning aid: The Cheat Sheet

June 1, 2018
UNDP

Leaders of Developing Nations Rank UNDP Among Most Influential Aid Organizations

May 31, 2018
South China Morning Post

Huge foreign aid programmes push China past Japan and India in global influence, report says

May 31, 2018
NPR

The U.N. Goal That Doesn't Get A Lot Of Respect

May 31, 2018
Brink News

How National Leaders Use Data

May 29, 2018
The Straits Times

US, World Bank, IMF balk over billions in secret China loans to poor nations

May 22, 2018
Bloomberg

Trump Balks Over Billions in Secret Chinese Loans to Poor Nations

May 21, 2018
Deutsche Welle

How 'unconditional' is China's foreign aid?

May 15, 2018
قناة العالم الاخبارية (Al-Alam News)

الصين تتقدم على أميركا في منح القروض للدول الأخرى

May 14, 2018
IFPRI

IFAD conference: Can development really succeed if rural inequalities are rising?

May 14, 2018
Deutsche Welle

China y su singular ayuda al desarrollo

May 11, 2018
Acento

Periódico de Taiwán acusa a China de utilizar diplomacia y financiamiento con fines políticos

May 9, 2018
华尔街见闻 (Wall Street News)

后来居上：中国如何超越美国成为全球最大金主？

May 8, 2018
Borgen Magazine

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Aid, Investment or Something Else?

May 3, 2018
Taiwan News

How China’s dollar diplomacy is really setting a debt-trap for developing countries

May 3, 2018
The Brookings Institution

Competing in Africa: China, the European Union, and the United States

April 16, 2018
Nikkei Asian Review

The numbers behind China's overseas development loan risks

April 15, 2018
Voice of America

中國贈西非經共體三千多萬美元 官方隻字不提

March 29, 2018
CNN

Free gift? China extends influence in Africa with $32M grant for regional HQ

March 28, 2018
Nguroi Lao Dong (The Laborer)

Viện trợ của Trung Quốc: Không có chuyện "cho không, biếu không”

March 28, 2018
United Nations Development Programme

UNDP as 'knowledge frontier'

March 22, 2018
The Hill

Once on chopping block, Trump's budget puts development finance in overdrive

March 22, 2018
BBC

中國欲善"一帶一路"之事先利外援之器

March 17, 2018
The Daily Mail

China takes millions in aid from the UK, then hands it to... Russia

March 17, 2018
Nikkei Asian Review

New agency puts spotlight on China's foreign aid

March 16, 2018
Devex

5 questions on China's planned foreign aid agency

March 16, 2018
Tuoi Tre Online

Trung Quốc lập cơ quan chuyên lo viện trợ nước ngoài

March 14, 2018
SBS News

이젠 원조 대국 된 중국, 원조담당 부처 '국제발전합작서' 신설

March 14, 2018
Yonhap News

이젠 원조대국 된 중국, 원조담당 부처 '국제발전합작서' 신설

March 14, 2018
财新 (Caixin)

国际发展合作署将成立：不再是简单的对外援助

March 14, 2018
The Hindu

China to set up new mechanism to push Belt and Road Initiative

March 14, 2018
The Washington Post

China sets up new foreign aid agency to better project influence abroad

March 13, 2018
The Japan Times

China says new agency will improve foreign aid coordination

March 13, 2018
The Straits Times

NPC 2018: China says new agency will improve foreign aid coordination

March 13, 2018
PM News Nigeria

China To Establish New Agency On Foreign Aid Coordination

March 13, 2018
The Indian Express

China plans to set up new agency to improve foreign aid coordination

March 13, 2018
Reuters

China says new agency will improve foreign aid coordination

March 12, 2018
BBC

Как Китай обставил Россию в Африке

March 9, 2018
The World Bank Data Blog

What data do decision makers really use, and why?

March 7, 2018
PBS NewsHour

China’s growing activity in Africa raises some policy questions

March 7, 2018
South China Morning Post

China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ is no more imperial than Pax Americana – and the data shows it is more magnanimous

March 4, 2018
ABC (Australia)

'Evaluation aversion', China, and calls for greater aid transparency

March 1, 2018
ABC (Australia)

Can the UN Sustainable Development Goals work?

February 25, 2018
The Brookings Institution

6 key insights into the data and information education leaders want most

February 20, 2018
ABC (Australia)

A new player and the effectiveness of overseas aid

February 18, 2018
Fairbank Center Blog

China’s Foreign Aid Beyond the Headlines

February 12, 2018
The Diplomat

Chinese Foreign Aid in East Asia During the Trump Era

February 1, 2018
新浪 (Sina)

“大而无用”？你可能对中国对外援助一无所知

January 27, 2018
CBC

A journalistic journey through the big and memorable stories of 2017

December 29, 2017
Sydney Morning Herald

China pours money into Pakistan port in suspected strategic power push

December 18, 2017
Asia Sentinel

China’s Silk Road: Inroad to World’s other economies?

December 18, 2017
Reuters

Hoping to extend maritime reach, China lavishes aid on Pakistan town

December 16, 2017
CSIS

Where is China targeting its development finance?

December 8, 2017
Carnegie-Tsinghua

Where Is the “Development” in China’s Global Development Finance?

December 8, 2017
ChinaFile

China is Challenging the West’s Dominance in Foreign Aid

November 14, 2017
NPR

Find Out Some (But Not All) The Secrets Of China's Foreign Aid

October 31, 2017
Quartz

China’s “rogue aid” to Africa isn’t as much or as controversial as we thought

October 19, 2017
The Atlantic

China vs. America in a Financial Game of 'Risk'

October 18, 2017
Forbes

China's Challenges Abroad: Why The Belt & Road Initiative Will Succeed

October 17, 2017
El Mundo

China, en vías de convertirse en el mayor donante mundial de ayuda al desarrollo

October 15, 2017
Devex

Interactive: The AfDB and the rise of China

October 13, 2017
CNBC

5 charts that show how China is spending billions in foreign aid

October 13, 2017
The Economist

Despite its reputation, Chinese aid is quite effective

October 12, 2017
凤凰网资讯 (iFeng News)

外媒质疑中国向发展中国家贷款动机 商务部强势回应

October 12, 2017
South China Morning Post

How China’s biggest debtors may struggle to pay off their loans

October 12, 2017
South China Morning Post

With US poised to slash foreign aid, China in pole position to become world’s biggest donor

October 12, 2017
The Straits Times

China set to replace US as top foreign aid provider

October 12, 2017
CNBC

Trump is giving up a crucial part of American power to China, think tank says

October 11, 2017
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