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The ABCs of China’s GDI: my new East Asia Forum short article, just out for holiday reading eastasiaforum.org/2022/12/22/the…

Club governance of sovereign debt isn't working--and why toxic US-China geopolitics might scupper needed reforms foreignaffairs.com/china/developi… via Foreign Affairs

Smart and sound analysis from Kevin P. Gallagher History’s Solution to the China-U.S. Debt Standoff – The China Global South Project chinaglobalsouth.com/analysis/histo… via The China-Global South Project

Day 1 was great. Check out Day 2: China Development Finance two-day Seminar | Mon 27th & Wed 29th March - FinDevLab findevlab.org/news_and_event…

"Integrating China into Multilateral Debt Relief" Our deep dive into China, the G20 and the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) and the origin of today's Common Framework challenges sais-cari.org. Here's the research behind my recent Foreign Affairs piece.

Thrilled to be speaking at Peking University Tuesday evening May 30 on US-China Competition and Africa's Debt Problem mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OzXBIKY2dQR-…

Finally! The G20 Common Framework debt restructuring has come through for Zambia. Grateful to be at #ParisForum to see this happening. Now: will the bondholders join China et al? mofnp.gov.zm/?p=7444

Exhausted but happy researcher

SAIS is moving to 555 Penn in July and CARI is cleaning house. This poster is from our 2nd CARI conference, 2015. Grateful for our extended CARI family!

Packing up the map of completed Chinese rice projects I surveyed in Sierra Leone 1983-1984 during my PhD research. Grateful to ⁦The Fletcher School⁩ for funding 1.5 years of immersive fieldwork.

Boston University team argues that its time for MDBs to get more concrete on how they are going to contribute to debt relief, and advances a plan for "fair" burden sharing drgr.org/files/2023/09/…

Just out: our new CARI data on trends in Chinese workers in Africa is creating a small buzz: sais-cari.org/data-chinese-w…. See detailed analysis by Jevans Nyabiage in scmp.com/news/china/dip… Stay tuned for updates on Chinese investment, trade, loans later this week.

Puzzled why the Chinese "debt trap diplomacy" meme is so sticky? Reuters just uncovered a "covert propaganda campaign" reuters.com/world/us/trump… launched by the Trump administration in 2019 to "spread negative narratives" about China's BRI in Southeast Asia and Africa. Hmmm.

Bad news for Africa: "Beijing [now] wants to prevent China from de-industrializing, including in low-tech industries that would otherwise naturally migrate to lower labor-cost countries." Agatha Kratz rhg.com/research/overc…

A private Chinese SEZ company is behind the French seizure of Nigeria's presidential jet. What's that about? And what's the connection to CARI? Read more here: chinaafricarealstory.com/2024/08/french…