{"id":144415,"date":"2026-01-18T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144415"},"modified":"2026-01-18T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:00:18","slug":"how-china-is-stepping-up-africa-charm-offensive-to-boost-cultural-ties-deepen-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144415","title":{"rendered":"How China is stepping up Africa charm offensive to boost cultural ties, deepen influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina is rolling out hundreds of activities across Africa, including study trips and AI competitions, as part of what experts have described as a \u201csoft power\u201d charm offensive designed to deepen its influence across the continent.<br \/>\nIn moving beyond its traditional focus on infrastructure and high-level finance, Beijing is expanding its engagement through the 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges \u2013 an initiative dedicated to cultural and social diplomacy.<br \/>\nAnnounced by Chinese Foreign&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3340092\/how-china-stepping-africa-charm-offensive-boost-cultural-ties-deepen-influence?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 is rolling out hundreds of activities across Africa, including study trips and AI competitions, as part of what experts have described as a&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\/144415"}],"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=144415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}