Does Zambia's exceptionally high level of Chinese loan commitments provide insights into
China's financial statecraft? Some have argued that Chinese lending to Zambia reflects …

Is China pressuring poor countries with debt? Debt trap diplomacy is a recent term that is
used to describe Chinese loans for infrastructure and development in developing countries …

Zambia's debt difficulties hit headlines in November 2020 when the country defaulted on its
Eurobond payments. In August 2021 a new president, Hakainde Hichilema, took office …

Zambia's debt difficulties hit headlines in November 2020 when the country defaulted on its
Eurobond payments. In August 2021 a new president, Hakainde Hichilema, took office …

Africa's growing public debt has sparked a renewed global debate about debt sustainability
on the continent. This is largely owing to the emergence of China as a major financier of …

China became a major creditor of many African nations from the start of the century to 2016.
But since then, the scale of its lending has decreased–with the volume of new Chinese …

African debt is back in the global spotlight. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates
that at the end of 2019, the total debt of sub-Saharan African governments amounted to …

In recent decades China has emerged as a leader in international development finance,
with the potential to provide sorely needed funds to address major global developmental …

As China is poised to become the world's largest creditor, concerns about debt sustainability
have grown. Yet considerable confusion exists over what is likely to happen when a …

From modest beginnings in 1960, China has recently become a highly visible actor in
Africa's lending landscape. African borrowers have built roads, installed electrical grids, and …