{"id":135973,"date":"2025-09-06T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=135973"},"modified":"2025-09-06T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:00:14","slug":"china-us-japan-race-to-control-african-rail-routes-in-critical-minerals-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=135973","title":{"rendered":"China, US, Japan race to control African rail routes in critical minerals fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA geopolitical contest is unfolding in central-southern Africa, where major global powers are vying for control of key logistical routes amid a global race to secure critical minerals for the green energy transition.<br \/>\nAt the centre of this rivalry lies the small town of Kapiri Mposhi in central Zambia, a strategic hub where three competing corridors \u2013 China\u2019s Tazara, the US-backed Lobito Corridor and Japan\u2019s Nacala Corridor \u2013 converge.<br \/>\nObservers say the race to build these corridors is not just&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3324542\/china-us-japan-race-control-key-african-rail-routes-critical-minerals-fight?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 PostA geopolitical contest is unfolding in central-southern Africa, where major global powers are vying for control of key logistical routes amid a global race&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\/135973"}],"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=135973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}