China’s R&D policy could have been more than twice as effective in boosting R&D without misappropriation. R&D expenditures … misappropriation of public funds considerably undermines the impact of R&D policies in China. …

China’s lending boom to developing countries is morphing into defaults and debt distress. Given the secrecy surrounding … China’s loans, also the associated defaults remain “hidden”, as missed payments and restructuring details are not disclosed …

With ever-increasing political tensions between China and Russia on one side and the EU and the US on the other, it …

immigrants from other African countries and from other parts of the world, such as China. Given high poverty levels and weak … economic concerns. Furthermore, immigrants from China are perceived less positively and economically more threatening than …

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China's mask and vaccine diplomacy have been widely discussed, but the … debate relies on a few stylized data points. This article introduces a systematic way to measure China's foreign aid in … almost real-time through official customs records of exported aid goods. Our results show significant shifts in China's aid …