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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
Mapping China’s COVID-19 aid footprint
Chancay port opens as China’s gateway to South America
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
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Publications
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
Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
Chinese Aid and Health at the Country and Local Level
Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
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Datasets
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
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Events
GeoField 2026 Convening
Building the Future: U.S. and Japanese Development Partnerships in Southeast Asia
China's Global Ports Financing and the Race for Maritime Dominance
The Next Decade of Development Cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Tracking China's Global Influence
Competing with the Belt and Road 2.0
China’s Expanding Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean
Landmine Clearance and Economic Development: Evidence from Nighttime Lights, Multispectral Satellite Imagery, and Conflict Events in Afghanistan
Understanding the PRC's approach to public diplomacy
Tracking the Cross-Border Lending Activities of the World's Largest Official Creditor
PRC Influence and the Status of Taiwan's Diplomatic Allies in the Western Hemisphere
Virtual Briefing on "Balancing Risk and Reward"
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News
Chinese loans to Philippines stay resilient despite maritime row
Explainer: Venezuela's complex and contested debt puzzle
What Chinese officials told me about Trump’s bewildering war in Iran
Kenya’s China loan revamp sparks wider interest in yuan switch, AidData says
As Ebola Spreads in East Africa, Will China Step Up?
How China is turning historic African slave port into waterfront tourism destination
Why Did China Buy Up the World’s Ports?
China and the U.S. alter foreign aid strategies
Why China Cares About Diego Garcia and the US Base in the Chagos Islands
For China, Billions of Dollars Are at Risk From a Widening War
China's $24bn global port push reveals supply chain security goals
Despite loss of Panama Canal, China investing US$23.9b in global seaports: study
Venezuela Great Again? Pt 2: The Inevitability Of A Failed Petrostate
China has spent decades making inroads in Latin America. Will the ‘Donroe doctrine’ push it out?
Takeaways from AP’s report on Latin American markets flooded by cheap Chinese goods
Flooded by cheap Chinese goods, Latin America is fighting back to protect its industries
How much does Venezuela owe China, and why is oil involved?
US control of Venezuela oil risks debt restructuring showdown with China
US warnings regarding the economic relationship between Argentina and China
USAID's demise has created Asian vacuum for China to fill, says ex-official
Tensions are escalating in Latin America, between Washington and Beijing
Can Venezuela settle its debts?
President Trump announces investment plan related to Venezuelan oil business
China's strategic partnership with Venezuela uncertain after U.S. operation to capture Maduro
China remains in contact and cooperates with the interim president of Venezuela
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