FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2018, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, front center, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, front row left, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, front right, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, second row left, Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe, second row center, Malawi's President Arthur Peter Mutharika, third row right, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, third row left, Liberian President George Weah, third row center, with other African leaders clap during a group photo session at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) 2018 Beijing Summit in Beijing. China's loans to poor countries in Africa and Asia impose unusual secrecy and repayment terms that are hurting their ability to renegotiate debts after the coronavirus pandemic, a group of U.S. and German researchers said in a report Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (How Hwee Young/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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