{"id":130708,"date":"2025-06-07T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=130708"},"modified":"2025-06-07T08:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T08:00:11","slug":"chinas-increased-training-of-african-military-arms-sales-and-aid-concerns-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=130708","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s increased training of African military, arms sales and aid \u2018concerns\u2019 US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAn increasing number of African military officers receiving training in China has concerned the Pentagon, with a top US military chief saying the PLA was replicating its training programmes for African personnel.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Beijing is expanding its footprint in Africa with a combination of military aid, training and arms sales in ways that experts warn could erode US influence.<br \/>\nGeneral Michael Langley, who leads the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), warned that China was replicating its training&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3313175\/chinas-increased-training-african-military-arms-sales-and-aid-concerns-us?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAn increasing number of African military officers receiving training in China has concerned the Pentagon, with a top US military chief saying the PLA&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130708"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}