{"id":135348,"date":"2025-08-27T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=135348"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:00:09","slug":"china-steps-up-belt-and-road-initiative-funding-with-focus-on-central-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=135348","title":{"rendered":"China steps up Belt and Road Initiative funding with focus on Central Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostInvestments under China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative surged in the first half of the year \u2013 particularly for projects in Central Asia related to metals and mining \u2013 leading some analysts to conclude Beijing is seeking access to critical natural resources as a precaution against escalatory trade restrictions from the United States.<br \/>\nThe 150 countries taking part in the global infrastructure initiative received a combined US$124 billion in investments and construction contracts from January to June,&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3323354\/china-steps-belt-and-road-initiative-funding-focus-central-asia?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 PostInvestments under China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative surged in the first half of the year \u2013 particularly for projects in Central Asia related to&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\/135348"}],"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=135348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}