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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
Belt and Road bounces back, as Beijing seeks to future-proof its flagship global infrastructure initiative
AidData’s China data wins 2023 Best Dataset Award from IPES
How far can the BRI take China? AidData authors examine one possible geopolitical gain: naval ports
“一带一路”救助贷款达到创纪录水平,引发对中国旗舰全球基础设施计划前途的质疑
Belt and Road bailout lending reaches record levels, raising questions about the future of China’s flagship global infrastructure program
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Publications
Chasing China: Learning to Play by Beijing's Global Lending Rules
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?
Aid Projects and Firm Performance
Uncovering African Leaders’ Perceptions of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
PRC Influence and the Status of Taiwan's Diplomatic Allies in the Western Hemisphere
Winning Hearts, Changing Minds: A Data-Driven Approach to Measure China's Influence in Latin America
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Datasets
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
BRI-Tagged Chinese Official Finance Dataset, Version 1.0
China's Official Seaport Finance Dataset, 2000-2021
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Events
Webinar: The next decade of development cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Virtual Conversation on "Chasing China"
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"
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?
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News
China has lent the most to the United States, not to developing countries
The Hindu
US is biggest recipient of Chinese loans as Beijing shifts focus to rich nations, new study reveals
Report: China is building global influence with loans. Poland is not the focus of its attention.
China Has Nothing to Do With Its Money but Lend It
Britain and China: Following the Money
A Chinese firm bought an insurer for CIA agents - part of Beijing's trillion dollar spending spree
Do NVIDIA results suggest AI boom or bubble?
Report finds $200 billion of Chinese credit pumped into Australia
Research: Chinese cross-border lending shifts to developed countries, with the US being the largest borrower.
UK biggest recipient of Chinese cash in Europe for past two decades
China may be shifting its strategy to acquire key technologies through loans, says US research institute
Four charts show how much money China lends to the rich world
US is biggest recipient of Chinese loans, study shows
China’s financial tentacles run deeper through America than previously thought
In China’s global lending spree, the US has been the biggest beneficiary, study finds
Poor Countries Got $1 Trillion From China. So Did Rich Ones.
US has warned others to avoid loans from Chinese state banks. But it’s the biggest recipient of all
China's investment spree in UK gave it access to military-grade technology, BBC told
China’s global lending portfolio is at least double previous estimates, report shows
Pakistan seeks China support to join BRICS bank amid likely India objection
The final days of a Peruvian village displaced by a giant copper mine
With pressure from China to last, more metals facilities could put their hands up for a bailout
Will a Chinese firm's Bali beach lift project alter the local landscape?
How China Secretly Pays Iran for Oil and Avoids U.S. Sanctions
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