Decoding the Vocabulary of Chinese Foreign Policy
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The Importance of Foreign Aid to China
The dictionary explains that major industrialized donor countries understand aid as the transfer of resources from rich countries to poor developing countries. What's China's definition? It's important for China to maintain an image and a status as developing country. So China doesn't view itself as a provider of development aid, but defines aid as mutual and reciprocal.
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