{"id":145994,"date":"2026-02-11T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145994"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:00:08","slug":"as-central-asia-builds-smart-cities-with-china-is-it-moving-away-from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145994","title":{"rendered":"As Central Asia builds \u2018smart cities\u2019 with China, is it moving away from Russia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostCentral Asian governments are forging ahead with ambitious \u201csmart city\u201d mega-projects to tackle rapid population growth and ageing Soviet-era infrastructure.<br \/>\nThey are also pulling in much-needed foreign investment, and China\u2019s strong visibility in these projects \u2013 while Russia is notably absent \u2013 is fuelling debate over whether the region is trying to reduce its economic dependence on Moscow.<br \/>\nIt comes as competition among major powers in Central Asia is intensifying, with the US-led C5+1&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3343192\/central-asia-builds-smart-cities-china-it-moving-away-russia?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 PostCentral Asian governments are forging ahead with ambitious \u201csmart city\u201d mega-projects to tackle rapid population growth and ageing Soviet-era infrastructure. They are also pulling&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\/145994"}],"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=145994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}