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China is Upping Its Aid and Development Game. How Should the U.S. Respond?

During his September 2018 U.N. address, President Donald Trump threatened that the United States may decide to only give foreign aid to “those who respect us and, frankly, are our friends.” In August, the White House attempted to cut foreign aid spending by U.S.$3.5 billion. Meanwhile, China has intensified its aid and development spending globally. Pledges of Chinese aid and ....

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The dance of democracies, from China Watcher of the week, Robin Shepherd

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02/18/2021 08:30 AM EST
Good morning and welcome to a guest-hosted China Watcher! With our original watcher, David Wertime, moving over to our sister site Protocol, we ll be introducing you to a few guest writers over the following weeks that we hope will bring some new perspectives on the Beijing-Washington relationship, and the power centers in between. Allow me to introduce your first guest host: Robin Shepherd, former journalist and vice president of HFX (which runs the annual Halifax International Security Forum) and author of China vs. Democracy: The Greatest Game. Take it away, Robin. Ben Pa ....

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Why China's 'Debt Trap Diplomacy' Critics Are Wrong

China’s critics, led largely by the United States, are determined to warn developing countries about the risks of borrowing too much money from Beijing. They contend China will use these loans to financially entrap economically vulnerable countries as part of a broader effort to exert political influence and control.
Mark Akpaninyie does not agree. A former research analyst at Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies, he wrote a provocative article in The Diplomat arguing that China’s debt diplomacy is a “misnomer” and should instead be called “crony diplomacy.”
“Instead of a state-led strategy, Chinese firms motivated by profit and abetted by a toxic combination of bureaucratic disorganization, incompetence, and negligence at the state level have exploited poor nations, which are dependent on cheap, and sometimes bad, loans,” Akpaninyie writes. “This practice does not trap recipient countries into taking on uns ....

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China to Visit Africa First for 30th Year in Row, Signaling Priority in Ties

China to Visit Africa First for 30th Year in Row, Signaling Priority in Ties
Newsweek
12/31/2020
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A group of performers hold Chinese flags during the inauguration ceremony of Ivory Coast s new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium, built with the help of China, in Ebimpe, outside Abidjan, on October 3 ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. China s Belt and Road Initiative brings capital across Asia and into Africa and beyond, extending across the world.
China s top diplomat will travel to five African countries next year for his first trip abroad, continuing a three-decade tradition in which Beijing has prioritized the continent in its public diplomacy. ....

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