Day: December 7, 2020

Chart of the Week: China’s Economic Growth Amidst COVID-19

By Yinan Zhang In the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak, China’s economic growth dipped into negative territory with a year-on-year growth of -6.8 percent in the first quarter of 2020, compared to growth rates above 6 percent in previous years.  As the epidemic got under control within China and support measures were deployed allowing the […]

Tracking China’s Overseas Development Finance

By Rebecca Ray and Blake Alexander Simmons The China’s Overseas Development Finance Database is a geospatial dataset for analysis of China’s sovereign lending commitments and their proximity to Critical Habitats, National Protected Areas and Indigenous Peoples’ Lands. The database tracks lending commitments by China’s two major policy banks, the China Development Bank (CDB) and the […]