{"id":144933,"date":"2026-01-26T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144933"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:00:09","slug":"china-close-to-opening-us10-billion-canal-linking-heartlands-to-southeast-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144933","title":{"rendered":"China close to opening US$10 billion canal linking heartlands to Southeast Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina is expected to finish construction on the landmark Pinglu Canal before the end of this year, taking just four years to complete the 72.7 billion yuan (US$10.4 billion) project to boost trade links with the country\u2019s top export destination: Southeast Asia.<br \/>\nThe mega-project will provide China\u2019s landlocked southwestern provinces with direct access to global shipping lanes, making it faster and cheaper to transport goods between the Chinese interior and neighbouring countries.<br \/>\nThe 134km (83&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3341277\/china-close-opening-us10-billion-canal-linking-heartlands-southeast-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 PostChina is expected to finish construction on the landmark Pinglu Canal before the end of this year, taking just four years to complete the&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\/144933"}],"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=144933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}