{"id":145183,"date":"2026-01-29T14:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145183"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:34:37","slug":"with-chinas-xi-britains-starmer-hopes-gift-of-manchester-united-match-ball-scores-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145183","title":{"rendered":"With China\u2019s Xi, Britain\u2019s Starmer hopes gift of Manchester United match ball scores points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese President Xi Jinping received a unique gift from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing on Thursday: the official match ball from Sunday\u2019s fixture between Manchester United and Arsenal, according to media reports.<br \/>\nStarmer is on an official visit to China, the first by a British leader since 2018.<br \/>\nWhile Starmer is an ardent Arsenal fan, Xi is reportedly a supporter of Manchester United.<br \/>\nManchester United secured a 3-2 victory in a tightly contested match. By offering the gift&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3341733\/chinas-xi-britains-starmer-hopes-gift-manchester-united-match-ball-scores-points?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 PostChinese President Xi Jinping received a unique gift from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing on Thursday: the official match ball from Sunday\u2019s&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\/145183"}],"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=145183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}