Economics
China’s $26 Billion Pivot From Infrastructure to Emergency Loans
- China lending increasingly aims at boosting currency reserves
- Emergency loans have shorter maturities and higher rates
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China has made nearly $26 billion in short and medium-term loans to Pakistan and Sri Lanka over the past five years as its overseas lending shifts from funding infrastructure toward providing emergency relief.