To add on this I’m gonna use my sources which show which countries owe the most debt to China and tell you where they rank on gdp. So the countries that owe the most debt to China.

“Pakistan ($27.4 billion of external debt to China), Angola (22.0 billion), Ethiopia (7.4 billion), Kenya (7.4 billion) and Sri Lanka (7.2 billion) held the biggest debts to China”

ranking of countries gdp

Sri Lanka: 65 Maldives: 150 Pakistan: 40 Ethiopia: 66 Kenya: 67 Angola: 57 Laos: 116

Just for reference Ukraine is ranked 60 on that list, and is considered the poorest country in Europe.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/poorest-countries-in-europe.

Then let’s not mention Honduras cutting ties with Taiwan because China is building a hydroelectric dam

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/27/1166177955/honduras-establishes-ties-with-china-after-break-from-taiwan

I’m talking about the so called billions debt cut, I can careless about the black mail. And yes, I did read the article.

https://dialogochino.net/en/trade-investment/40016-a-dream-deal-with-china-iron-ore-that-ended-in-nightmarish-debt-for-venezuela/