CIAO DATE: 06/2011
April 2011
Lowy Institute for International Policy
This is the fourth in a series of Lowy Institute reports on China's aid program in the Pacific. They now cover the five-year period 2005-2009, offering the most detailed picture available of China's activities in the region. China has been increasing the loan to grant ratio of its aid and has now pledged over $US600 million to Pacific states. In Tonga, pledged loans from China equate to one third of its GDP.
Resource link: China in the Pacific: the new banker in town [PDF] - 986K