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AidData's Chinese-Financed Ports Overseas and Related Terminals (CPORTS) Dataset, Version 2.0, 2000-2025
AidData's Chinese Financing for Transition Minerals Dataset, Version 2.0
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

News

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
How the Trump administration learned to love foreign aid
All aboard ‘The Debt Express’: China’s pincer movement on Africa
Is Chinese finance enough to feed Indonesia’s clean energy push?
Global ‘mining mafia’ feeds China’s appetite for gold, investigation shows
How China Really Secures Its Loans to Developing Countries
Should Indonesia scrutinise China-funded projects? Report flags debt risk but also benefits
China snaps up mines around the world in rush to secure resources
China’s bid to influence the Philippines heats up
China's collateral demands curbing emerging countries' ability to manage finances, study shows
Map Shows China Aid Money Around the World
China is now the biggest debt collector in the developing world, report says
Poorest 75 nations face ‘tidal wave’ of debt repayments to China in 2025, study warns