When the US cancelled PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) funding in Africa, China expressed unwillingness to replace it through direct grants, citing the Chinese tradition of not providing direct aid, which suggests China is unprepared or unwilling to substitute for withdrawing US global public goods provision.
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David RennieEvidence Quote
“I was just interviewing the Chinese ambassador in South Africa and I said, you know, America's just canled the bulk of the PEP file funding that certainly in South African townships where I was was, you know, providing HIV antiretrovirals. And I said, so ambassador, you're going to step up and pay for that stuff. And he's like, our tradition is not to have direct grants.”
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:26:02 AM
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