{"id":150151,"date":"2026-04-22T11:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150151"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:01:10","slug":"does-william-lais-cancelled-eswatini-trip-show-beijings-reach-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150151","title":{"rendered":"Does William Lai\u2019s cancelled eSwatini trip show Beijing\u2019s reach in Africa?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing has praised the decision by three African countries to deny overflight clearance for Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te, whose trip to eSwatini was cancelled a day before his scheduled departure.<br \/>\nLai had been due to leave on Wednesday for a five-day trip to eSwatini, the only African country that maintains diplomatic ties with Taiwan, to attend celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of King Mswati\u2019s accession and his 58th birthday.<br \/>\nBut Lai\u2019s office announced late on Tuesday that&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3351028\/does-william-lais-cancelled-eswatini-trip-show-beijings-reach-africa?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 PostBeijing has praised the decision by three African countries to deny overflight clearance for Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te, whose trip to eSwatini was&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\/150151"}],"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=150151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}