Chinese official finance to Africa from 2000 - 2011. We find that China's commitments amounted to approximately US$ 73 billion …China’s provision of development finance to other countries is sizable but reliable information is scarce. We introduce … withdrawals of "traditional" aid no longer induce conflict in the presence of sufficient alternative funding from China. Our …

country has accumulated more social capital. We use new data on China's historical aid in Africa to test these contentions …, uncovering a positive, significant connection between China's historical aid program in Africa (1956-1999) and contemporary (2000 …-2015) investments by Chinese companies. While China's historical aid may have been politically driven, it has had important long …