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Kenya’s switch to Chinese RMB denominated-debt was a restructuring in disguise
Three powers, three playbooks: U.S., Japanese, and Chinese official financing in Southeast Asia over a quarter-century
China’s $24 billion in ports financing encircles the globe, reaching 90 countries
New dataset, profiles track China’s critical minerals investments across the globe
How China’s oil-backed lending in Venezuela fell into distress—and what might come next
China’s divorce from Venezuela wasn’t caused by the US. It already happened a decade ago.
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
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Publications
Kenya’s USD-to-RMB Debt Conversion Was Really a Restructuring
Building the Future: Development Partnerships of the U.S. and Japan in Southeast Asia
Anchoring Global Ambitions: Beijing’s Ports Financing and the Race for Maritime Dominance
Chasing China: Learning to Play by Beijing's Global Lending Rules
Beijing’s UK Lending Operations
Tracking Loans and Grants from China to Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries: An Application of AidData’s TUFF 4.0 Methodology
Greening the Indo-Pacific: China’s development finance portfolio for renewable energy
Competing with the Belt and Road 2.0
What China’s Economic Slowdown Means for Key Countries: Case Studies
How China Lends 2.0: Introducing an extended dataset of 371 debt contracts
How China Collateralizes
Balancing Risk and Reward: Who benefits from China's investments in Indonesia?
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Datasets
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
AidData's Geocoded Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset, Version 1.1.1
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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
Financing and operations of multilateral development banks: a clients’ perspective
What is behind China's lending abroad?
Xi's New Global Development Initiative
Banking on Beijing: Book Talk with Brad Parks
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on "China’s Activities and Influence in South and Central Asia"
Corridors of Power Dataset Release
Russia, Ukraine, and the Future of Global Order
Economic Connectivity and Competition in a Multipolar Asia: Institute for Peace & Diplomacy
The China-Global South conference: Mapping China’s political and information influence in the Global South
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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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