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Mozambique/ China: Government Between Chinese Influence and Social Pressure to Renegotiate Debt

The expectations that fall on Mozambique as a result of the development of the gas hub have been placing the country among China's African priorities, which in recent years has become Mozambique's largest external creditor. To the growth of China's weight in Maputo´s external debt also contributed the retraction of multilateral financing and Western countries, following the “hidden debts” case and the unavailability of many of the members of the Paris Club. READ MORE