Chinese "Debt Trap Diplomacy" is a Myth
The idea that China engages in so-called "Debt Trap Diplomacy" is almost apocryphal. There is a persistent media narrative that China makes big infrastructure investments oversees as part of its Belt and Road Initiative, and when countries cant replay those loans China seizes infrastructure.
My guest today, Deborah Brautigam, is the director of the China…
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