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China’s massive overseas lending portfolio shifts course, as Beijing eyes the U.S., EU, and sensitive industries
New in-depth profiles on China’s grants and loans to 20 countries
Out of public sight, China’s state-backed lenders secure priority repayment from emerging economies with cash collateral
China’s expanding investments in Indonesia force both to balance risk and reward
Competition continues between China and Taiwan for Latin American allies
How China is financing its domestic shipbuilding and vessel acquisition industry
As development finance shifts, AidData event explores Indo-Pacific prospects for aid and credit deals
Chasing copper and cobalt: China’s mining operations in Peru and the DRC
China’s global scanner dissemination
New AidData report, dataset track China’s investments in critical minerals
Decoding the message: Uncovering Beijing’s media strategies in the Philippines
As Latin America shifts toward China, AidData research examines Beijing’s growing influence
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Publications
A Comparative Study of Traditional Donors and Non-traditional Donors in Sri Lanka
Spotlight on PRC Engagement in Honduras Relative to Central America
Connective financing: Chinese infrastructure projects and the diffusion of economic activity in developing countries
Investing in Narratives: How Beijing promotes its development projects in the Philippines
China’s hidden role in malaria control and elimination in Africa
Does India Use Development Finance to Compete With China? A Subnational Analysis
AidData’s Geospatial Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset
Beijing’s Big Bet on the Philippines: Decoding two decades of China’s financing for development
China’s AI Exports: Developing a Tool to Track Chinese Development Finance in the Global South—Technical Documentation
China's AI Exports: Technology Distribution and Data Safety
Highway to the forest? Land governance and the siting and environmental impacts of Chinese government-funded road building in Cambodia
Why hide? Africa’s unreported debt to China
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Datasets
China's Loans and Grants to High-Income Countries Dataset, Version 1.0
China's Loans and Grants to Low- and Middle-Income Countries Dataset, Version 1.0
China's Global Loans and Grants Dataset, Version 1.0
How China Lends Dataset, Version 2.0
How China Collateralizes Dataset, Version 1.0
AidData's Chinese Financing for Transition Minerals Dataset, Version 1.0
Beijing’s Big Bet on the Philippines: Decoding two decades of China’s financing for development, Version 1.0
China’s AI Exports Database (CAIED)
AidData's Geospatial Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset, Version 3.0
AidData's Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset, Version 3.0
BRI-Tagged Chinese Official Finance Dataset, Version 1.0
China's Official Seaport Finance Dataset, 2000-2021
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Events
Data innovation in conflict zones: Collecting and utilizing data to guide climate resilience and security policy in Afghanistan
Reputational Security: The Imperative To Reinvest In U.S. Strategic Communications Capabilities
Launch of the 2023 Development Co-operation Report, "Debating the Aid System"
Cooperation Amid Crisis: How Can Multilateral Organizations Position Themselves to Help Countries Mitigate and Manage Shocks?
Imagining a Dynamic Policy for Gender Mainstreaming in Pakistan
Pakistonomy: Understanding China's BRI Impact
China in East Africa: Lessons for The Developing World
China Research Group: Banking on the Belt and Road
2022 Global Development Forum: Global Disruptions in International Development
America's Role in the World: International Development in an Era of Great Power Competition
Sri Lanka's Economy on Life Support: Causes, Lessons, and Solutions
How to build a data-driven public service: Inclusive data practices
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News
China has lent the most to the United States, not to developing countries
The Hindu
US is biggest recipient of Chinese loans as Beijing shifts focus to rich nations, new study reveals
Report: China is building global influence with loans. Poland is not the focus of its attention.
China Has Nothing to Do With Its Money but Lend It
Britain and China: Following the Money
A Chinese firm bought an insurer for CIA agents - part of Beijing's trillion dollar spending spree
Do NVIDIA results suggest AI boom or bubble?
Report finds $200 billion of Chinese credit pumped into Australia
Research: Chinese cross-border lending shifts to developed countries, with the US being the largest borrower.
UK biggest recipient of Chinese cash in Europe for past two decades
China may be shifting its strategy to acquire key technologies through loans, says US research institute
Four charts show how much money China lends to the rich world
US is biggest recipient of Chinese loans, study shows
China’s financial tentacles run deeper through America than previously thought
In China’s global lending spree, the US has been the biggest beneficiary, study finds
Poor Countries Got $1 Trillion From China. So Did Rich Ones.
US has warned others to avoid loans from Chinese state banks. But it’s the biggest recipient of all
China's investment spree in UK gave it access to military-grade technology, BBC told
China’s global lending portfolio is at least double previous estimates, report shows
Pakistan seeks China support to join BRICS bank amid likely India objection
The final days of a Peruvian village displaced by a giant copper mine
With pressure from China to last, more metals facilities could put their hands up for a bailout
Will a Chinese firm's Bali beach lift project alter the local landscape?
How China Secretly Pays Iran for Oil and Avoids U.S. Sanctions
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