Dossier
debt-trap diplomacy
Coverage of debt-trap diplomacy in the Nexus archive.
- China’s Africa lending model has a split personality
China's Africa lending model is described as having a dual nature, caught between Western narratives of 'debt-trap diplomacy' and China's claims of 'South-South cooperative altruism.' The article argues for moving beyond these ideological frameworks to understand the complexities of Chinese sovereign lending to Africa.