East Africa: If Beijing Sneezes, East Africa Will Catch a Bad Cold

opinion

East Africa has been flagged as one of the regions that could experience shocks in the event the Chinese economy suffers a meltdown, given the states' heavy borrowing from the Asian giant.

New data from the Centre for Global Development, an international think tank, shows that Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia could be economically vulnerable, with Djibouti at extreme risk, if the Chinese economy were to experience shocks.

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