{"id":141922,"date":"2025-12-08T04:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=141922"},"modified":"2025-12-08T04:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:00:14","slug":"why-chinese-firms-are-taking-operational-risks-on-african-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=141922","title":{"rendered":"Why Chinese firms are taking operational risks on African projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s big money is returning to African infrastructure as its state-owned firms evolve from mere builders into long-term financiers and operators.<br \/>\nThis is so they have enough \u201cskin in the game\u201d, according to one analyst, as Beijing seeks lasting influence over key transport routes and critical mineral supply chains in Africa.<br \/>\nAcross the continent, these companies are increasingly financing, building and operating key infrastructure under public-private partnerships (PPP). This financing model&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3335506\/skin-game-china-pivots-operating-african-railways-ports-funding-shift?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 PostChina\u2019s big money is returning to African infrastructure as its state-owned firms evolve from mere builders into long-term financiers and operators. This is so&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\/141922"}],"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=141922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}