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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
Mapping China’s COVID-19 aid footprint
Chancay port opens as China’s gateway to South America
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Publications
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
Why cronies don’t cry? IMF programs, Chinese lending, and leader survival
Tracking Chinese Development Finance: An Application of AidData’s TUFF 3.0 Methodology
Belt and Road Reboot: Beijing’s Bid to De-Risk Its Global Infrastructure Initiative
Chinese aid and health at the country and local level
The Lure of Technocracy? Chinese Aid and Local Preferences for Development Leadership in Africa
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Datasets
AidData's Geocoded Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset, Version 1.1.1
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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
China fueling a political explosion in the Philippines
The Media’s High-Stakes Game in the South China Sea
How China secures critical minerals from developing countries
'Handing on a silver platter': How Donald Trump's suspension of USAID helps China
Panama symbolises the Sino-American struggle for influence
Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China
As US Withdraws From WHO, China Supercharges Its Public Health Diplomacy
Trump, the Panama Canal and the Hong Kong Firm at the Heart of a Showdown
How Trump could pave the way for China in Latin America
China’s Port Expansion Is Also a Security Threat
Xi Wants Bigger Returns, Fewer Headaches From African Debt Deals
China hosts African leaders to rekindle ‘Belt and Road’ outreach
China’s relationship with Africa is growing murkier
In The Public Square with John Nery: Who’s promoting pro-Beijing stories in the Philippines?
In the Philippines, China’s media ‘charm offensive’ seeks to shift perceptions
En qué se beneficia Colombia al unirse a la Franja y la Ruta de China
The Belt and Road Isn’t Dead. It’s Evolving.
How China Capitalized on U.S. Indifference in Latin America
WATCH: Rappler, AidData conclude 5-day data journalism camp on China’s dev’t finance
A $2 Trillion Reckoning Looms as Ports Become Pawns in Geopolitics
The Chinese Base That Isn’t There
Mobilizing Clean Energy Financing through the Multilateral Development Banks
A New Chinese Megaport in South America Is Rattling the U.S.
China emerges as one of biggest bilateral lenders to Philippines
Post-COVID, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals
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