{"id":149907,"date":"2026-04-18T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149907"},"modified":"2026-04-18T01:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:00:14","slug":"why-china-is-urgently-looking-to-north-africa-as-the-energy-crisis-rolls-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149907","title":{"rendered":"Why China is urgently looking to North Africa as the energy crisis rolls on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe war in Iran and ensuing closure of the Strait of Hormuz has exposed the risks of over-reliance on the Persian Gulf for oil, turning Beijing\u2019s Mediterranean infrastructure plans from long-term goals into urgent strategic necessities.<br \/>\nFrom Algerian oilfields to Moroccan battery factories and Egypt\u2019s industrial base, China might now fast-track these projects to create a Mediterranean hub for a green-energy supply chain, observers said.<br \/>\nBeijing aims to create a strategic backup that protects its&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3350427\/why-china-urgently-looking-north-africa-energy-crisis-rolls?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 war in Iran and ensuing closure of the Strait of Hormuz has exposed the risks of over-reliance on the Persian Gulf for oil,&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\/149907"}],"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=149907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}