A new study and dataset released today reveals previously unknown details about China—the world’s largest official creditor—and its lending practices to developing countries. How China Lends finds that Chinese state-owned banks are muscular, commercially savvy lenders that use contracts to positi...

As the COVID-19 economic crisis brings about rising concerns over debt sustainability in developing countries, a new report from the Center for Global Development finds that China's loans tend to have shorter grace periods and maturities and higher interest rates than loans from the World Bank....