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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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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

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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China’s Future Naval Bases: New Empirical Data Points to Likely Places
The Implications of “Peak China” for the Belt and Road Initiative?
Risk and resilience in the face of Russian interference in Europe & Eurasia
Data innovation in conflict zones: Collecting and utilizing data to guide climate resilience and security policy in Afghanistan
Reputational Security: The Imperative To Reinvest In U.S. Strategic Communications Capabilities
Launch of the 2023 Development Co-operation Report, "Debating the Aid System"
Cooperation Amid Crisis: How Can Multilateral Organizations Position Themselves to Help Countries Mitigate and Manage Shocks?
Imagining a Dynamic Policy for Gender Mainstreaming in Pakistan
Pakistonomy: Understanding China's BRI Impact
China in East Africa: Lessons for The Developing World
China Research Group: Banking on the Belt and Road
2022 Global Development Forum: Global Disruptions in International Development
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News

Beijing’s big bailouts
How China Became a Global Lender of Last Resort
March 27, 2023: Cheques and Imbalances
What the world owes China
China ramping up bailout loans to Belt and Road countries, report says
China spent $240bn on belt and road bailouts from 2008 to 2021, study finds
That big Chinese bailout loan paper in full
China grants billions in bailouts as Belt and Road Initiative falters
China gave huge loans to Belt and Road countries. Now it’s spending billions to bail them out
China spent $240 billion bailing out 'Belt and Road' countries - study
China Lent Heavily to Developing Nations. Now It’s Helping Them Manage Their Debt
China Boosts Lending to Struggling Belt and Road Borrowers
After Doling Out Huge Loans, China Is Now Bailing Out Countries
China’s Expanding Influence in Iraq
China is Uniting Middle East—That's Bad News for U.S.
"Highlights in China's Development Spending "
China’s Global Development Spending
How Democracy Can Win: The Right Way to Counter Autocracy
China's Checkbook Diplomacy Has Bounced
How India’s Belt-Road Initiative snub proved prophetic
China’s Belt and Road to Nowhere
What does China’s reopening mean for Latin America?
Ambition, concern drive Lao-China high-speed rail project
Sri Lanka Is Calm Again. That Doesn’t Mean Things Are Any Better.
China’s Global Mega-Projects Are Falling Apart
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