{"id":391975,"date":"2025-11-20T10:13:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/391975\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:13:27","slug":"china-shifts-lending-focus-to-wealthy-nations-us-is-the-top-recipient-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/391975\/","title":{"rendered":"China shifts lending focus to wealthy nations: US is the top recipient – Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

China has shifted its global financial priorities, with more than three-quarters of its overseas lending now supporting upper-middle-income and high-income countries. The United States<\/a> is the largest single recipient of Chinese official credit, receiving over $200 billion across nearly 2,500 projects and activities spanning almost every state. These include investments in pipelines, logistics infrastructure, data centres, and corporate credit facilities.<\/p>\n

Europe also a major beneficiary<\/p>\n

European nations are similarly significant recipients of Beijing\u2019s lending:<\/p>\n

EU (27 countries): $161 billion across nearly 1,800 projects<\/p>\n

Netherlands: $11.6 billion<\/p>\n

The report highlights that China\u2019s financial footprint is deeply embedded across Western economies.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s lending much bigger than previously assumed<\/p>\n

William & Mary\u2019s AidData research lab unveiled the findings on November 18, revealing that China<\/a> has issued $2.2 trillion in aid and credit across 200 countries between 2000 and 2023. Compiled over 36 months using data collected by William & Mary students, the report\u2014Chasing China: Learning to Play by Beijing\u2019s Global Lending Rules\u2014spans more than 300 pages.<\/p>\n

Brad Parks, AidData executive director and lead author, noted that China\u2019s total portfolio is \u201ctwo-to-four times larger than previously published estimates suggest.\u201d This marks the first AidData report to comprehensively map Beijing\u2019s lending in advanced economies, including the United States, the UK, Europe<\/a>, Japan, and Australia.<\/p>\n

From aid provider to geopolitical power player<\/p>\n

The report finds Beijing has moved away from philanthropic, development-focused lending, with cross-border finance increasingly reflecting party-state priorities such as:<\/p>\n

-Global supply chain leverage<\/p>\n

-High-tech sector dominance<\/p>\n

Much of the lending to wealthy countries is directed at critical infrastructure, critical minerals, and high-tech assets, including semiconductor companies.<\/p>\n

Implications for global security and competition<\/p>\n

AidData warns that China\u2019s operations are becoming more opaque, often routed through shell companies in jurisdictions with strict secrecy rules. The findings have broad geoeconomic and national security implications, including:<\/p>\n

-Vulnerability of strategic reserves<\/p>\n

-Reliability of power grids and energy networks<\/p>\n

-Control of maritime choke points<\/p>\n

-Resilience of global supply chains<\/p>\n

-Competition in high-tech industries<\/p>\n

The report highlights that great-power rivalry is spilling over into the development finance sector.<\/p>\n

Western entities still doing business with China<\/p>\n

Despite geopolitical tensions, many Western banks, corporations, and financial institutions continue to collaborate with Chinese state-owned lenders. Major Western companies have borrowed heavily from Beijing-backed financiers.<\/p>\n

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