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The Economist China’s bid to influence the Philippines heats up

Reuters China's collateral demands curbing emerging countries' ability to manage finances, study shows

Newsweek Map Shows China Aid Money Around the World

NPR China is now the biggest debt collector in the developing world, report says

The Guardian Poorest 75 nations face ‘tidal wave’ of debt repayments to China in 2025, study warns

Bloomberg U.S. China Metals Fight Finds New Home in Congo's Cobalt Mines

The Financial Times How Xi sparked China’s electricity revolution

Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) Australia’s successful “dig and ship” model is not sufficient for critical minerals

The Washington Post Trump has cut global climate finance. China is more than happy to step in.

China Global South Project The New Realities About Chinese Development Finance in Africa

Bloomberg China Has a Long Way to Go to Fill Void Left by US Aid Pullback

Bloomberg Trump’s Tariffs Risk Pushing Cambodia Further into China’s Embrace

El Pais Critical minerals: the future is underground and there is a relentless fight for their control.

Our World In Data What is foreign aid? How “Official Development Assistance” is measured

The New York Times Trump’s Threatened Tariff on Buyers of Venezuelan Oil Could Squeeze China

Deutsche Welle (DW) Can China turn the US aid freeze into a soft power win?

Dialogue Earth Power plays: China’s changing energy financing in Africa

Forbes Breaking News John Curits Asks Expert About China's 'Overt Efforts' To Influence Taiwanese Politicians

Inside Climate News China Is Reshaping Global Development. Is That Good for the Planet?

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee PRC Influence and the Status of Taiwan's Diplomatic Allies in the Western Hemisphere

South China Morning Post US lawmakers urged to stop China’s critical minerals ‘exploitation’ of DR Congo

The Washington Post Trump’s global funding cuts leave a void in Africa for rivals to exploit

South China Morning Post As Trump turns world order upside down, could China’s belt and road lead the way?

South China Morning Post A battle is playing out over Congolese cobalt. China is well ahead

Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin The PLA revised its joint doctrine to emphasize preparation for war and overseas expansion

The New York Times Plans for a Chinese Port Roil the Politics of a Former Soviet Nation

ThePrint How China has been playing the long game, quietly building its global reserves in critical minerals

Bloomberg China Piles the Pressure on India in Its Own Backyard

Voice of America (VOA) Congo seeks mineral deal with U.S. Will Washington step in to curb China's dominance in the sector?

South China Morning Post Cleantech, mineral security demand drive China miners’ overseas buying spree: MMG chair

Reuters Development aid’s future is hiding in plain sight

The Independent How the biggest winner from UK and US foreign aid cuts will be China

Business Insider Africa China's top 10 aid recipient countries in Africa

William & Mary Magazine W&M’s Global Research Institute receives $900K grant

The Hindu Breaking China's Chokehold over the critical minerals supply chain

BBC Afrique Future of global aid: America in retreat, China in pole position?

The Wall Street Journal China Reins In Its Infrastructure Strategy But Not Its Global Ambition

China Global South Project Tracking China’s Dominance of the Transition Minerals Trade

Nature Can AI help beat poverty? Researchers test ways to aid the poorest people

The Wall Street Journal Trump Guts U.S.’s Foreign Aid, Creating Opening for Xi

The New York Times As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?

Reuters New US Asia pivot is better timed than the last

Associated Press (AP) Trump’s freeze on foreign aid could give China an opening on the world stage

Business Standard Could US aid cuts open opportunities for China to expand global influence?

NPR As the U.S. steps back from global health, what role will China play?

The Independent Who funds global aid – and where do the billions of dollars go?

Asia Times China fueling a political explosion in the Philippines

The Economist Panama symbolises the Sino-American struggle for influence

The Times of India 'Handing on a silver platter': How Donald Trump's suspension of USAID helps China

Agence France-Presse (AFP) Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China

The Diplomat China’s Navy Steps up Its Peace Ark Diplomacy

Deutsche Welle (DW) What do USAID cutbacks mean for development aid?

The Diplomat As US Withdraws From WHO, China Supercharges Its Public Health Diplomacy

The New York Times Trump, the Panama Canal and the Hong Kong Firm at the Heart of a Showdown

Los Angeles Times How Trump could pave the way for China in Latin America

Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) How China secures critical minerals from developing countries

The Financial Times Beijing-backed lending abroad boosts China’s dominance in clean energy minerals

The Diplomat The Hidden Lifeline for Afghans: Remittances

Rappler WATCH: Rappler, AidData conclude 5-day data journalism camp on China’s dev’t finance

Democracy Initiative Podcast Democracy x Water

Inkstick The Media’s High-Stakes Game in the South China Sea

The Wall Street Journal How China Capitalized on U.S. Indifference in Latin America

Foreign Policy The Belt and Road Isn’t Dead. It’s Evolving.

BBC News Mundo En qué se beneficia Colombia al unirse a la Franja y la Ruta de China

Associated Press (AP) Innovative research aims to revolutionize deforestation compliance in coffee production

South China Morning Post In the Philippines, China’s media ‘charm offensive’ seeks to shift perceptions

Philippine Star Before Duterte admin, Chinese investments surged 950% under Arroyo – study

Manila Standard PH-China econ ties ‘not bad’ but debt risks seen — AidData

Philippine News Agency 40% of Chinese financing in PH tied up with at least 1 ESG risk: study

Manila Bulletin Research group warns of Chinese investment risks in PH

Philippine Star Philippines won't benefit from cutting economic ties with China — US research group

Philippine Star Filipino influencers, troll farms tapped for pro-China narratives — study

Rappler In The Public Square with John Nery: Who’s promoting pro-Beijing stories in the Philippines?

The Economist China’s relationship with Africa is growing murkier

The Washington Post China hosts African leaders to rekindle ‘Belt and Road’ outreach

Bloomberg China’s Port Expansion Is Also a Security Threat

Bloomberg Xi Wants Bigger Returns, Fewer Headaches From African Debt Deals

Bloomberg A $2 Trillion Reckoning Looms as Ports Become Pawns in Geopolitics

The Diplomat The Risks of China’s Loans to Uzbekistan

The New York Times The Chinese Base That Isn’t There

Council on Foreign Relations Mobilizing Clean Energy Financing through the Multilateral Development Banks

The Citizen Tanzania reaps $2.8 billion per year from relations with US

Tanzania Daily News Tanzania attracts 7.4tri/- annually from US ties- Report

The Wall Street Journal A New Chinese Megaport in South America Is Rattling the U.S.

The Financial Times China emerges as one of biggest bilateral lenders to Philippines

The Japan Times China is winning the communications competition

Reuters Post-COVID, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals

The Wall Street Journal China Is Winning the Minerals War

The Hill Three years after the US exit, Afghanistan still needs our help

Inkstick Media Why Haven’t Sanctions Stopped Atrocities in Myanmar?

South China Morning Post Management of Panama Canal ports by Hong Kong firm poses risks, US House panel hears

The Financial Times Angola agrees deal with Chinese state bank to ease debt crunch

Mongabay Irrigation strengthens climate resilience in Mali

Associated Press Hungary and Serbia’s autocratic leaders to roll out red carpet for China’s Xi during Europe tour

The Atlantic How the Humble Donkey Became a Big Problem for China

Inkstick Beyond Military Might: Rethinking the Trilateral Summit’s Approach to Regional Security

The Economist Who’s the big boss of the Global South?

9DashLine Navigating Sinophobia Amid Indonesia's Economic Ascent

Reuters China’s financial clout will be hard to reverse

The Economist Africa is juggling rival powers like no other continent

Newsweek New Research Shows Huge US Economic Footprint in Strategic Region

C-SPAN China's Financing of Global South

Jane's Defence Weekly Base instincts: Chinese naval growth and global events highlight need for overseas bases

Bloomberg US, China Fight for One Pacific Nation Mirrors a Regional Battle

The Hindu A revival of the IMEC idea amid choppy geopolitics

Inkstick Perceptions vs. Realities: Discordant Narratives on China’s Footprint in Zimbabwe

InferTalks Debt Trap, Infrastructure Wars, and US-China Competition

The Wall Street Journal China Turns the Tables on Wall Street

Bloomberg The World’s Poorest Countries Buckle Under $3.5 Trillion in Debt

Inkstick The Indo-Pacific is the Theater for The US and China’s High-Stakes Diplomacy

Bloomberg China Isn’t Winning the War for Hearts and Minds

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) The Great Himalayan Chessboard: China, India, and the Geopolitical Gambit in Nepal

The Guardian Italy to withdraw from China’s belt and road initiative, say sources

NHK シリーズ混迷の世紀 第13回 世界"債務危機"は止められるか

Council on Foreign Relations China's Current Account Surplus Is Likely Much Bigger Than Reported

The Guardian David Cameron’s backing of Beijing-funded development raises questions over business dealings

Bloomberg Adani Plots Expansion of Overseas Port Empire After US Funding

Axios The power of the West’s interdependence with China

Associated Press US plans to build a $553 million terminal at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port in rivalry with China

Nikkei Asia China loaned Pakistan $21bn more than reported, study finds

The Economist The Chinese yuan is losing value, yet gaining ground

NPR China is revamping its global Belt and Road Initiative

Nikkei Asia China aims to cut Belt and Road distressed debt exposure, report says

CNN Developing countries owe China at least $1.1 trillion – and the debts are due

The New York Times China’s Banks and Property Sector Threaten a Growing Economy

Bloomberg China Revamps Overseas Lending as US Narrows Spending Gap

Reuters China lent $1.34 trln in 2000-2021, focus shifts from Belt and Road to rescue finance-report

The Guardian China ‘world’s biggest debt collector’ as poorer nations struggle with its loans

The New York Times China Is Lending Billions to Countries in Financial Trouble

The Wall Street Journal How China Became the World’s Top Development Financier

Foreign Affairs Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China’s Overseas Development Program

BBC Belt and Road Initiative: Is China's trillion-dollar gamble worth it?

CNN China is celebrating a decade of the Belt and Road Initiative. What is it about?

The Wall Street Journal China Reboots Its Belt and Road Initiative

The Washington Post China’s promise of prosperity brought Laos debt — and distress

Deutsche Welle China or US: Who's delaying debt relief to developing world

BBC Business Daily Where next for China’s Belt and Road?

The Economist Sri Lanka shows how broken debt negotiations have become

CNN China has poured billions into Africa’s infrastructure. Is it now tightening the tap?

Hindsight A Data-Centric Look at the Belt and Road Initiative: Part 1

Time China Faces a Familiar Economic Downturn. But Its Crisis Is Worsened by the War in Ukraine

The Diplomat How China’s Belt and Road Took Over the World

CNN Blue-water ambitions: Is China looking beyond its neighborhood now it has the world’s largest navy?

The Diplomat A Decade Down the Belt and Road

Reuters China's Xi pledges to support Africa's industrialisation at BRICS

The Hill Don’t let China and Russia export digital censorship

The Financial Times China’s blueprint for an alternative world order

CSPAN Chinese Naval Capabilities

The Telegraph China will challenge the US Navy for global dominance

The Diplomat China Keeping Details of Investment Deals From Bolivian Public and Congress, Sources Claim

Nikkei Asia Pakistan hails Belt and Road wins 'prematurely' as polls loom

Bloomberg China’s Top Option for Next Naval Base Is Sri Lanka, Report Says

The Guardian China may be planning overseas naval bases in Asia and Africa, say analysts

Foreign Policy Beijing Is Going Places—and Building Naval Bases

The Globe & Mail What China’s future overseas military expansion could look like, according to a new report

South China Morning Post China builds on 60-year record to strengthen medical ties with Africa

The New York Times Why China Has a Giant Pile of Debt

BBC: Business Daily Investing in Africa: What needs to change?

Reuters Explainer: What is China's position on restructuring debt owed by poor nations?

Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) Development programs must capture local insights

The Guardian New Zealand and Fiji strike defence deal amid rising Pacific tensions

Associated Press China’s loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse

The New York Times Mysterious Killing of Chinese Gold Miners Puts New Pressure on Beijing

BBC World Business Report US inflation beats forecasts but remains high

The Financial Times Sudan conflict delivers fresh blow to China’s African lending strategy

Foreign Policy China Is a Loan Shark With No Legs Left to Break

The Wall Street Journal China-U.S. Fight for Influence Runs Through Police in Pacific

Eurasianet Report highlights how Russia misread Ukraine’s popular mood

The New York Times China's Lending Practices Are Not a Good Look

The Financial Times How China changed the game for countries in default

The Washington Post U.S.-China split shadows hopes for lifting debt load from global economy

CNBC China’s ‘Belt and Road’ grew out of a lending spree. Now those loans may be its problem

The Economist How to survive a superpower split

Politico The ‘rift is there’: China vs. the world on global debt

The Economist The IMF faces a nightmarish identity crisis

BBC Weekend Will Donald Trump's popularity be boosted by his indictment?

Foreign Policy Spain Pitches Closer EU-Latin America Ties

Bloomberg China’s Financial Diplomacy Is Still Minor League

The Financial Times How to avoid a developing world debt crisis

NPR China’s Belt and Road Initiative projects may be faltering

Reuters US aims to counter China's influence in global institutions, Yellen says

The New York Times Your Wednesday Briefing: China’s Billions in Bailouts

The Financial Times Beijing’s big bailouts

TIME How China Became a Global Lender of Last Resort

CBC As It Happens March 27, 2023: Cheques and Imbalances

BBC World Business Report What the world owes China

AFP China ramping up bailout loans to Belt and Road countries, report says

The Guardian China spent $240bn on belt and road bailouts from 2008 to 2021, study finds

The Financial Times That big Chinese bailout loan paper in full

The Financial Times China grants billions in bailouts as Belt and Road Initiative falters

CNN China gave huge loans to Belt and Road countries. Now it’s spending billions to bail them out

Reuters China spent $240 billion bailing out 'Belt and Road' countries - study

Bloomberg China Lent Heavily to Developing Nations. Now It’s Helping Them Manage Their Debt

The Wall Street Journal China Boosts Lending to Struggling Belt and Road Borrowers

The New York Timess After Doling Out Huge Loans, China Is Now Bailing Out Countries

The Diplomat China’s Expanding Influence in Iraq

Newsweek China is Uniting Middle East—That's Bad News for U.S.

VOA News "Highlights in China's Development Spending "

VOA News China’s Global Development Spending

Euromaidan Press Inside Russia’s long game to project influence and undermine Ukraine: Leadup to the 2022 invasion

Foreign Policy China's Checkbook Diplomacy Has Bounced

Foreign Affairs How Democracy Can Win: The Right Way to Counter Autocracy

Foreign Policy China’s Belt and Road to Nowhere

Hindustan Times How India’s Belt-Road Initiative snub proved prophetic

The New York Times Sri Lanka Is Calm Again. That Doesn’t Mean Things Are Any Better.

The Wall Street Journal China’s Global Mega-Projects Are Falling Apart

The Economist What does China’s reopening mean for Latin America?

Nikkei Asia Ambition, concern drive Lao-China high-speed rail project

The Financial Times Pakistan taps Chinese credit for railway upgrade despite debt crisis

The Wall Street Journal China Props Up Belt-and-Road Borrowers Via Unusual Channel

NPR Goats and Soda China lends billions to poor countries. Is that a burden ... or a blessing?

The Financial Times India’s plan to take on China as south Asia’s favourite lender

BBC Hundreds in Shanghai demand China leader resignation

Bloomberg Errant Remark on China Rescuing El Salvador Shows Pressure on Xi

Bloomberg Asia's Richest Man Challenges China in Show of Support for Mod

The Diplomat South Asia Is Missing out on the Clean Energy Transition

Nikkei Asia Pakistan PM Sharif's China trip brings 'more words, little action'

Nikkei Asia Africa needs more help with its Chinese debts

BBC Ethiopia's Tigray Conflict: Truce agreed

CBS News Chinese foreign development aims and impact — Brad Parks on "Intelligence Matters"

CNN How Xi has changed China

The China in Africa Podcast Despite Huge Problems, Pakistan Remains Indispensable to China

The Wall Street Journal Kenya’s $3.8 Billion Chinese-Built Railway Shows Why Belt and Road Is Being Reworked

Le Monde « Nouvelles routes de la soie » : comment le chantier du siècle de la Chine s’est enlisé

The Wall Street Journal How China Plans to Salvage Its Faltering Belt and Road Initiative

Asia Times China-indebted Laos way more broke than advertised

The New York Times In Global Slowdown, China Holds Sway Over Countriesʼ Fates

Nikkei Asia Asia's ticking debt bomb: Sri Lanka crisis sounds alarm bells across region

Bloomberg US Asks Pakistan to Seek Debt Relief from China After Floods

Les Echos Debt of emerging countries: China in the dock

The Wall Street Journal China Reins In Its Belt and Road Program, $1 Trillion Later

Bloomberg Debt Defaults Are a Stress Test for China’s Soft Power Strategy

The Guardian Will China’s plan for a ‘green silk road’ live up to environmental promises?

The Financial Times Ecuador reaches $1.4bn debt restructuring deal with China

The Financial Times China and west should co-operate on emerging market debt

Radio Free Asia China's Xi Jinping to visit Central Asia on first post-pandemic foreign trip

The Wall Street Journal China’s Lending Strategy in Emerging Markets Risks Prolonging Borrowers’ Pain

The Financial Times China emerges as IMF competitor with emergency loans to at-risk nations

Reuters Analysis: China debt restructuring policy under scrutiny as more countries demand relief

Nikkei Asia Laos' debt pressure raises specter of a China vassal state

Associated Press Aid pours into Pakistan; deaths from floods cross 1,200 mark

NPR Planet Money: China's global lending binge

The Economist Faced with an overseas debt crisis, will China change its ways?

War on the Rocks To Deafeat Autocracy, Weaponize Transparency

CNN China's Belt and Road is facing challenges. But can the US counter it?

Deutsche Welle Laos economic crisis intensifies amid massive Chinese debt

Bloomberg China’s $26 Billion Pivot From Infrastructure to Emergency Loans

The Sunday Times The great fall of China

Australian Financial Review This is where China is investing its billions (and why)

The Financial Times China’s emerging Belt and Road debt crisis

The Financial Times China’s Belt and Road spending in Russia drops to zero

The New York Times China Is Playing Hardball with Troubled Debtors. That’s Dangerous for All of Us.

The Financial Times Renewables in the mix for Japan’s financing of African development

The Financial Times China reckons with its first overseas debt crisis

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

Reuters Analysis: China casts giant shadow over emerging nations' chase for debt relief

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

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

Al Jazeera China’s Pacific tour spurs hopes and fears in tiny island nations

The Economist Chinese loans and investment in infrastructure have been huge

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

The Economist The price of friendship

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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