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November 7, 2023

Developing countries owe China at least $1.1 trillion – and the debts are due

October 16, 2023

China is celebrating a decade of the Belt and Road Initiative. What is it about?

September 27, 2023

China has poured billions into Africa’s infrastructure. Is it now tightening the tap?

September 2, 2023

Blue-water ambitions: Is China looking beyond its neighborhood now it has the world’s largest navy?

March 28, 2023

China gave huge loans to Belt and Road countries. Now it’s spending billions to bail them out

October 18, 2022

How Xi has changed China

August 22, 2022

China's Belt and Road is facing challenges. But can the US counter it?

August 9, 2018

China could overtake Australia as biggest donor to Pacific, if it pays up

March 28, 2018

Free gift? China extends influence in Africa with $32M grant for regional HQ

October 11, 2017

Report exposes size of China's secretive aid budget

January 17, 2017

All aboard! The Chinese-funded railways linking East Africa

Near Africa's horn on the easternmost part of the continent, a shiny new electric railway runs alongside an old abandoned track through both arid desert and green highlands. Some 750 kilometres (466 miles) long, the $4 billion line connects landlocked Ethiopia to the Red Sea coast in Djibouti. Like a number of other planned lines, it was partly funded and built by Chinese companies.

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