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January 9, 2026

China remains in contact and cooperates with the interim president of Venezuela

January 5, 2026

China Needed Oil. Venezuela Needed Cash. Their Deal Faces a Turning Point.

November 18, 2025

Poor Countries Got $1 Trillion From China. So Did Rich Ones.

April 4, 2025

Trump’s Threatened Tariff on Buyers of Venezuelan Oil Could Squeeze China

March 13, 2025

Plans for a Chinese Port Roil the Politics of a Former Soviet Nation

February 22, 2025

As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?

February 6, 2025

Trump, the Panama Canal and the Hong Kong Firm at the Heart of a Showdown

July 14, 2024

The Chinese Base That Isn’t There

November 7, 2023

China’s Banks and Property Sector Threaten a Growing Economy

November 6, 2023

China Is Lending Billions to Countries in Financial Trouble

July 8, 2023

Why China Has a Giant Pile of Debt

May 15, 2023

Mysterious Killing of Chinese Gold Miners Puts New Pressure on Beijing

April 20, 2023

China's Lending Practices Are Not a Good Look

March 29, 2023

Your Wednesday Briefing: China’s Billions in Bailouts

March 27, 2023

After Doling Out Huge Loans, China Is Now Bailing Out Countries

January 31, 2023

Sri Lanka Is Calm Again. That Doesn’t Mean Things Are Any Better.

October 6, 2022

In Global Slowdown, China Holds Sway Over Countriesʼ Fates

July 22, 2022

China Is Playing Hardball with Troubled Debtors. That’s Dangerous for All of Us.

January 13, 2019

Competing Against Chinese Loans, U.S. Companies Face Long Odds in Africa

December 13, 2018

Bolton Outlines a Strategy for Africa That’s Really About Countering China

November 18, 2018

The World, Built by China