China’s role in addressing post-Covid debt challenges in the Global South
While China’s overseas debt stock has decreased for the first time in a while, the road toward debt sustainability in developing countries remains bumpy.
While China’s overseas debt stock has decreased for the first time in a while, the road toward debt sustainability in developing countries remains bumpy.
PBOC’s Jin Zhongxia admits that reforms at CDB and China Exim might be needed for future debt treatments
Development Reimagined’s Jade Scarfe argues that thinking about debt to Chinese and Western creditors from the debtor perspective presents new ways forward
A brief review of Chinese lending history shows China’s understanding of Sri Lanka’s situation and its potential to shape debt restructuring for the island nation in crisis.
For at least 10 BRI countries, debt service to China is going to become a major fiscal burden in the coming years. Dr. Christoph Nedopil and Mengdi Yue argue that China needs to make debt relief multipateral, fair and green to be a global standard setter.
History shows that China’s approach to debt relief is ad hoc, and asset seizure is highly unlikely.
Domestic commentators provide insight into Chinese thinking on the thorny issue
Ma Xinyue argues that debt financing along the Belt and Road is as much a “trap” for debtors as it is for China
The 2nd Belt and Road Forum in Beijing ended with a set of software patches to BRI 1.0