China, Africa, and Debt Distress: Fact and Fiction about Asset Seizures

Deborah Brautigam and Won Kidane

No 47/2020, SAIS-CARI Policy Briefs from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), China Africa Research Initiative (CARI)

Abstract: In the past two years, news headlines have periodically speculated that African borrowers are at risk of losing their sovereign assets to Chinese lenders. In this policy brief, the authors explore what is known about the legal aspects of Chinese lending, including the waiver of sovereign immunity and the consequences thereof, and provide policy recommendations.

Date: 2020
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