{"id":148913,"date":"2026-03-31T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148913"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:00:08","slug":"why-spike-in-fertiliser-prices-could-boost-chinas-political-clout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148913","title":{"rendered":"Why spike in fertiliser prices could boost China\u2019s political clout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe US-Israel war on Iran has crippled exports of fertiliser from the Persian Gulf, raising the spectre of higher food prices if the conflict drags on.<br \/>\nThe disruption could hand China \u2013 the world\u2019s largest fertiliser producer \u2013 greater political leverage over countries already locked in disputes with Beijing, though it is unlikely to weaponise exports, according to analysts.<br \/>\nGlobal fertiliser prices have soared since Iran effectively blocked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, through which&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3348573\/why-spike-fertiliser-prices-could-boost-chinas-political-clout?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 PostThe US-Israel war on Iran has crippled exports of fertiliser from the Persian Gulf, raising the spectre of higher food prices if the conflict&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\/148913"}],"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=148913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}