Chinese "debt trap diplomacy" is a lie. I wrote about this myth, why it persists, and how it 's advanced to obscure the IMF and World Bank's own practices of predatory lending and imposed austerity.
https://www.liberationnews.org/why-chinese-debt-trap-diplomacy-is-a-lie/
https://www.liberationnews.org/why-chinese-debt-trap-diplomacy-is-a-lie/