A 2025 AidData report found that China's state-owned banks channeled approximately $200 billion to U.S. businesses over a 25-year period, often routing funds through shell companies in jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, and Delaware to obscure the loans' origins.
January 01, 2025
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Findings from an AidData research report on lending by Chinese state banks to foreign entities.