Developing Countries Face "Tidal Wave of Debt Repayments" to China: Report

Warning issued as China to recall debt from 75 countries

Debt-servicing to China now surpasses all repayments to the Paris Club combined, according to a Lowy Institute report.

China is now the biggest debt collector in the developing world, report says

China has dramatically curtailed its lending in recent years. Now, it’s emerging as the largest debt collector for many of the world’s poorest nations — a shift that threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, according to a new report.Lending for China’s Belt and Road Initiative — which includes funding for a massive series of new railways, ports and roads in the developing world — began winding down before the COVID-…

75 of the world's poorest countries will have to repay more than 19 billion euros in debt to China this year. While China presents itself as a helpful partner to developing countries, the sky-high debts show the other side of the coin.

‘Tidal wave’: How 75 nations face Chinese debt crisis in 2025

Developing countries to pay a record $22bn this year, mostly linked to loans from China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

China under pressure to recover developing country loans

The NewsChina’s transformation from a lender to a debt collector threatens to reshape developing-world politics, a new report argued. Though China-watchers have long argued that warnings of what Western officials call Beijing’s “debt-trap diplomacy” are overblown, the country nevertheless faces growing domestic pressure to recover outstanding loans, rather than restructure them. As a result, debt-servicing costs on China’s 2010s-era infrastructu…

China shifts from global banker to leading debt collector

Once the primary provider of capital across much of the world, Beijing now finds itself at the receiving end of record repayments, particularly from some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable nations.