The dismantling of USAID is the culmination of a decade-long realignment of Western approaches to development, inspired by China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The GSEZ Mineral Port in Gabon, one of the ...

Foreign aid has long been a way for the United States and China to gain soft power and influence — providing public services in low-income countries that help them tackle poverty and disease, and ...

Foreign aid has long been a way for the United States and China to gain soft power and influence—providing public services in low-income countries that help them tackle poverty and disease, and ...

The China-backed East Coast Rail Link under construction in Malaysia in 2019. China is poised to gain influence over Southeast Asia's development as Western donors ...

China's first batch of emergency humanitarian aid to Myanmar is loaded onto an airplane in Beijing in March 2025. In response to a request from the Myanmar government, China gave emergency ...