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Asian Correspondent — Malaysia is the largest beneficiary of Chinese cash diplomacy

June 28, 2018

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

The Straits Times — Beijing spent $65b on charm offensive to win friends: US study

June 28, 2018

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

June 28, 2018

l'Opinion — La Chine veut bien bouger sur le commerce, mais pas sur le reste

June 28, 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

Bloomberg — China Spends Big to Win Friends and Influence Across East Asia

June 27, 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

The Diplomat — How China Wins Friends and Influences People

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

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

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

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

UNDP — Leaders of Developing Nations Rank UNDP Among Most Influential Aid Organizations

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 — 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

美國之音 (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

Người Lao Động (The Laborer) — Viện trợ của Trung Quốc: Không có chuyện "cho không, biếu không”

March 28, 2018

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

March 22, 2018

United Nations Development Programme — UNDP as 'knowledge frontier'

March 22, 2018

BBC 中文网 — 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

Devex — 5 questions on China's planned foreign aid agency

March 16, 2018

Nikkei Asian Review — New agency puts spotlight on China's foreign aid

March 16, 2018

The Hindu — China to set up new mechanism to push Belt and Road Initiative

March 14, 2018

Tuổi Trẻ Online — Trung Quốc lập cơ quan chuyên lo viện trợ nước ngoài

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

스브스뉴스 (SBS News) — 이젠 원조 대국 된 중국, 원조담당 부처 '국제발전합작서' 신설

March 14, 2018

연합뉴스 (Yonhap News) — 이젠 원조대국 된 중국, 원조담당 부처 '국제발전합작서' 신설

March 14, 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

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

The Washington Post — China sets up new foreign aid agency to better project influence abroad

March 13, 2018

Reuters — China says new agency will improve foreign aid coordination

March 12, 2018

BBC Русская служба (BBC Russia) — Как Китай обставил Россию в Африке

March 9, 2018

PBS NewsHour — China’s growing activity in Africa raises some policy questions

March 7, 2018

The World Bank Data Blog — What data do decision makers really use, and why?

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

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

December 18, 2017

Sydney Morning Herald — China pours money into Pakistan port in suspected strategic power push

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

Asia Experts Forum — Brad Parks on China’s Foreign Aid

December 6, 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 Africa — 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

The World Bank Data Blog — Where does Chinese development finance go?

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

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

October 13, 2017

Devex — Interactive: The AfDB and the rise of China

October 13, 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 Brookings Institution — Where is China’s development finance really going?

October 12, 2017

The Economist — Despite its reputation, Chinese aid is quite effective

October 12, 2017

The Straits Times — China set to replace US as top foreign aid provider

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

American Enterprise Institute — Another measure shows China’s Belt and Road Initiative is overhyped

October 11, 2017

Associated Press — Report: China catching up to US in foreign aid flow

October 11, 2017

BBC — China's secret aid empire uncovered

October 11, 2017

CBC News — Unprecedented data trove maps China's growing global reach and self-interest of its aid

October 11, 2017

CNBC — China close to matching US in foreign aid flow — but often with Beijing's own interests in mind

October 11, 2017

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

October 11, 2017

CNN — Report exposes size of China's secretive aid budget

October 11, 2017

Dinheiro Vivo — Angola é o terceiro maior destino do financiamento chinês além-fronteiras

October 11, 2017

Foreign Policy — Russia Is the Biggest Recipient of Chinese Foreign Aid

October 11, 2017

Le Monde Afrique — La Chine s’aide plus qu’elle n’aide l’Afrique en lui accordant des milliards de dollars

October 11, 2017

Quartz — No, China is not about to become the world’s largest aid donor

October 11, 2017

The Straits Times — China is one of top foreign aid providers, but only some projects have strong economic impact: Study

October 11, 2017

The Times of London — China catching up with US in foreign aid funds

October 11, 2017
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