{"id":146212,"date":"2026-02-15T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146212"},"modified":"2026-02-15T04:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:00:11","slug":"how-a-military-vacuum-in-west-and-central-africa-opened-new-markets-for-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146212","title":{"rendered":"How a \u2018military vacuum\u2019 in West and Central Africa opened new markets for China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs France\u2019s influence fades and with Russian weapons in limited supply, a \u201cmilitary vacuum\u201d has been created in West and Central Africa that China is uniquely positioned to fill, according to analysts.<br \/>\nIn a January report in the official journal China Military to Civilian, arms supplier China National Aero-Technology Import &amp; Export Corporation said Beijing was leveraging its reputation for \u201ccost-effective technology and flexible financing\u201d in Africa.<br \/>\nThis follows a wave of military coups across&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3342903\/how-military-vacuum-west-and-central-africa-opened-new-markets-china?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 PostAs France\u2019s influence fades and with Russian weapons in limited supply, a \u201cmilitary vacuum\u201d has been created in West and Central Africa that China&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\/146212"}],"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=146212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}