China Has a Long Way to Go to Fill Void Left by US Aid Pullback

Emergency humanitarian aid supplies dispatched by the Chinese government arrives at Yangon International Airport in Myanmar on April 20.Photographer: Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua/Getty Images

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By Karoline Kan

April 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM UTC

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Charities and developing nations are grappling with funding shortfalls in public health programs after President Donald Trump slashed US foreign aid commitments.

But those hoping that China might step in to fill the gap are likely to be disappointed, as exclusive data analyzing its foreign aid commitments of the last two decades show.

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