US lawmakers urged to stop China’s critical minerals ‘exploitation’ of DR Congo

As Trump turns world order upside down, could China’s belt and road lead the way?

A battle is playing out over Congolese cobalt. China is well ahead

Cleantech, mineral security demand drive China miners’ overseas buying spree: MMG chair

In the Philippines, China’s media ‘charm offensive’ seeks to shift perceptions

Management of Panama Canal ports by Hong Kong firm poses risks, US House panel hears

China builds on 60-year record to strengthen medical ties with Africa

Nepal’s economic woes, following Sri Lanka’s crisis, turn up the heat on China’s belt and road loans

Report casts doubt on Chinese debt-trap threat to Kenya’s Mombasa port

Nigeria looks to Europe for funding as Chinese lenders move away from costly projects in Africa

China, Africa and the big coronavirus debt relief question

A new way for the highway as Africa struggles with Chinese debt

China is behind billion dollar debt restructure for Angola, analysts say

Debt-laden Angola gets relief from creditor nations of the Paris Club under G20 plan

Pandemic takes the shine off China’s Belt and Road Initiative as African partners struggle with coronavirus

Africa has a question for Beijing: will you forgive us our debt?

Coronavirus runs roughshod over debt-laden belt and road projects

How Zimbabwe’s new parliament symbolises China’s chequebook diplomacy approach to Africa

China is spending big on diplomacy in Central and South Asia, but is it worth it?

China’s investments the least popular of its diplomacy efforts in South and Central Asia, report suggests

China’s Belt and Road Initiative will add US$117 billion to global trade this year, a new study shows

Debt-trap allegations push China to tighten reins on foreign aid programme

China’s belt and road projects ‘narrow economic inequalities within countries’

China ‘needs to heed overseas unease’ as it moves to global centre-stage

Hooking up with Najib, Arroyo and Rajapaksa: the risks of China’s attachment to discredited leaders

Is China undermining its neighbours’ trust by buying political influence with foreign aid?

Huge foreign aid programmes push China past Japan and India in global influence, report says

China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ is no more imperial than Pax Americana – and the data shows it is more magnanimous

With US poised to slash foreign aid, China in pole position to become world’s biggest donor

How China’s biggest debtors may struggle to pay off their loans

China ranks second to US in money to Africa

China committed more than US$75 billion to Africa in the past decade, coming close to the level of US money although the nature of Beijing's support was far different, a study said on Monday. The database released by the Center for Global Development aims to be the most comprehensive account yet of foreign assistance by China, which has faced criticism in Western countries suspicious of Beijing's motives.