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182985
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This article discusses the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on China's foreign aid provision by analysing the ensuing transformation and challenges. With regard to transformation, impacts are evident in the increased significance of this aid in China's overall diplomatic project, the changes in development financing arrangements, the long-term vision in planning infrastructure engagement, and the shift towards multilateral cooperation and soft aid programmes. While the BRI has reshaped China's foreign aid in many aspects, the initiative has also posed challenges to the organisation and delivery of aid. The lack of transparency and the fragmented institutional arrangement of China's foreign aid are likely to limit the effectiveness of its aid engagement abroad. The rapid increase in lending to developing countries also raises the debt trap issue and discourse. Moreover, China faces challenges in engaging in partnerships with civil society groups and local communities in the host countries where "soft" programmes of cultural exchange and people-to-people connections are made. The article argues that the BRI is a double-edged sword, representing new opportunities for China's foreign aid while also posing challenges.
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172124
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China is playing an increasingly important role in the international aid system, attracting widespread attention both at home and abroad. Chinese scholars, based in China, have a deeper understanding of China's political and economic system and China's foreign aid policies and practices. This article analyzes China's academic schools and points in foreign aid. National leaders' Philosophy of foreign aid is the core of Chinese aid policy. But Chinese scholars have different views on whether China has formed a systematic foreign aid theory. They also have conflicts in the scale of China’s foreign aid and its status in the international aid system. Some Chinese scholars put forward ‘new modes’ for its aid. Through a review of the literature, this article explores China’s four core motivations: political, diplomatic and strategic motivation, economic motivation, development motivation, and humanitarian motivation.
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192208
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This article evaluates how China's foreign aid affects human rights in Africa. Using the fixed effects model to analyze a data set on China's aid from 2000 to 2013, this research finds: (1) in the African recipient states China's aid exhibits virtually no negative and statistically significant impact on physical integrity rights, (2) it does not discourage conditional aid inflows, and (3) it fails to offset the positive human rights effects of conditional aid. The findings are robust to various econometric estimators, alternative model specifications, and multiple human rights measures. Overall, China's aid shows no sign of systemically weakening basic human rights protection in Africa.
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