The China Development Bank's Debt Deferral in Zambia is a Good Start, But It's Not Enough

The China Development Bank's (CDB) announcement yesterday that it will allow Zambia to push back an interest payment that was due last Sunday to next April was an unexpected development. After all, we haven't seen China's powerful policy banks publicly demonstrate ...

China's Role in Africa Emerging as Key Conservative Talking Point in U.S. Push For COVID-19 Blame

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CCP "Training Class" With Congo's Ruling Party Highlights Deepening Chinese Party-to-Party Engagement in Africa

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Developing Countries Have Had Enough of the U.S.-China Feud

The prevailing narrative among large swathes of the conservative media in the United States is that Washington and Beijing are now engaged in a new "Cold War." U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in fact, suggests that the current confrontation with China is actually even ...

As the US and France Try to Compete with China in Building African Infrastructure, Their Public-Private Financing Model is in Jeopardy

Both France and the United States have been vocal critics of China's state-led infrastructure development model in Africa and the accompanying loans for projects extended by Beijing's policy banks. Fearful that China is using loans to extend political influence along with the fact ...