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China Wants to Become a Major Player in International Aid

by Eric Olander

In January, China published a blueprint for how it plans to become one of the world’s leading countries in international development. The white paper on “China’s International’s Development Cooperation in the New Era” released by the State Council updates two previous strategy documents and outlines Beijing’s ambitious plans to overhaul its current, rather limited, aid and development initiatives around the world.

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