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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

Events

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

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