Mainland China has somewhere north of USD $1 trillion loaned out almost entirely to states in financial crisis and is imposing punishing terms on repayment: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/06/china-worlds-biggest-debt-collector-as-poorer-nations-struggle-with-its-loans

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