Chinese Lending to Africa Down on Debt-Default Fears, Study Says
- Committed loans likely fell last year after 30% drop in 2019
- Less money offered to big borrowers such as Angola, Ethiopia
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Chinese lending to African governments dropped by nearly a third in 2019 -- and probably continued to fall last year -- as a rising threat of defaults stemmed a deluge of credit from the country in the past decade.