Debt collector China stalks nations deep in poverty
The planet’s poorest countries will struggle to pay a staggering US$22 billion in loans this year
Debt Trap
Comrade Xi’s legacy project has been built on debt
China has launched a US$240 billion bailout package to prop up its banks hit by the Belt and Road project
China’s economic tricks conjure a grand illusion
Manipulated official data fails to hide the true state of the world’s second-largest economy
Beijing’s hold on Myanmar fuels South China Sea risks
An ‘indebted Yangon with a deep-sea port controlled by Chinese interests tips the scales toward that happening’
China’s New Silk Roads can wreck weak economies
British spy chief Richard Moore warns of ‘debt and data traps’ behind Beijing’s foreign policy goals
Debt, pollution and ecological risks stalk New Silk Roads
Massive loans and environmental damage are the true cost of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Will China’s road to the future turn into a highway to hell?
Beijing hits back after Australia ‘tears up’ Belt and Road deals in the latest setback to Xi’s plans