China is not conducting debt trap diplomacy in the Pacific—at least not yet

For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/A close look at the evidence suggests that China has not been engaged in "debt-trap diplomacy" in the Pacific, at least not so far. Nonetheless, if future Chinese lending continues on a business-as-usual basis, serious problems of debt sustainability will arise, and concerns about quality and corruption are valid