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Amidst rising tensions, Beijing bets big in the Philippines
Extending AidData’s global reach and impact through a new training initiative
AidData launches new Geospatial Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset
Young minds, global insights: The student experience on AidData’s TUFF Team
AidData and RAND release new dataset, report on China’s AI exports
Belt and Road bounces back, as Beijing seeks to future-proof its flagship global infrastructure initiative
AidData’s China data wins 2023 Best Dataset Award from IPES
How far can the BRI take China? AidData authors examine one possible geopolitical gain: naval ports
“一带一路”救助贷款达到创纪录水平，引发对中国旗舰全球基础设施计划前途的质疑
Belt and Road bailout lending reaches record levels, raising questions about the future of China’s flagship global infrastructure program
AidData wins grant from the Ford Foundation to track latest trends in China’s overseas development program
W&M hosts inaugural conference on China’s global influence
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Publications
Chinese health funding in Africa: The untold story
Harboring Global Ambitions: China's Ports Footprint and Implications for Future Overseas Naval Bases
Debt Distress on China’s Belt and Road
China as an International Lender of Last Resort
How China Lends: A Rare Look into 100 Debt Contracts with Foreign Governments
Delivering the Belt and Road: Decoding the supply of and demand for Chinese overseas development projects
Why Hide? Africa’s Unreported Debt to China
China’s influence in South and Central Asia: Competition in the Indian Ocean and China’s engagement with Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China's Overseas Development Program
IMF Programs, Chinese Lending, and the Political Economy of Leader Survival
Global insights with national implications: AidData’s policy engagements on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Is Beijing a predatory lender? New evidence from a previously undisclosed loan contract for the Entebbe International Airport Upgrading and Expansion Project
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Datasets
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
China as an International Lender of Last Resort Dataset, Version 1.0.1
AidData’s Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset, Version 2.0
How China Lends Dataset, Version 1.0
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Events
Virtual Briefing on "Balancing Risk and Reward"
Data Journalism Training on Global Development Finance
U.S.-China Relations in 2025: Trade, Economy, and Looking to the Future
How Can Indo-Pacific Countries Bargain for Better Deals with Development Partners?
Investing in Tanzania's People | Kuwekeza kwa Watu wa Tanzania
China's AI Exports: Implications for Asia and Africa (RAND)
Gates Forum 2 Keynote: U.S. Foreign Aid and the Exercise of Power
GeoField Convening: Leveraging earth observation for impact evaluations of climate-sensitive agriculture
Harnessing the Power of a New Toolkit for Rapid, Rigorous Evaluations and Better Public Policy
The Belt and Road's Impact on Partner States
Evaluating Gender Bias in AI Applications: Dissemination Workshop
America’s Role in the World 2023
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News
Understanding China's BRI Impact
China and Africa—Is it the end of the honeymoon period?
How BRI Debt Puts China at Risk
Exposing China’s investment strategy
The World Bank as a Cash-Transfer Algorithm
Covid crisis finally catches up with Laos
China büsst in Afrika an Kredit ein; Empörung wegen Corona
Pacific Nations Have an Interest in Challenging China’s Expansive Maritime Claims
Hidden China debts come to the fore in Indonesia
China wants to dominate the global electric vehicle market – and it’s using Congolese minerals to do it
Morning Joe: Behind China's massive belt and road initiative
The new Great Game: Central Asia struggles to balance three powers
Pakistan got its way in Afghanistan. Now what?
Are Chinese loans still a good deal for Africa?
Chine-Afrique : qui a bénéficié des 40 milliards de dollars de la « dette cachée » ?
طريق الحرير وأشواك الدين الخفي
China's massive infrastructure initiative across Asia, Europe and Africa hits snags
In 10 charts: How China has saddled poor nations with massive debt, 'buyers' remorse'
中国“一带一路”：协助发展或放高利贷？
Transparency needed
A new report digs into China’s labyrinthine foreign loans
Can the United States Rival China in Latin America?
China owed $385bn – including ‘hidden debt’ from poorer nations, says report
The cost of China's help
Comment la Chine tient les pays en développement par la dette
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