{"id":150755,"date":"2026-05-03T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150755"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:30:08","slug":"chinas-manus-block-a-show-of-strength-ahead-of-xi-trump-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150755","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Manus block a show of strength ahead of Xi-Trump summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing\u2019s decision last Monday to block Meta\u2019s US$2 billion acquisition of the Chinese-founded AI start-up Manus came as little surprise. The central government had already flagged its investigation and barred the company\u2019s two founders from leaving the country.<br \/>\nAt first glance, the intervention appears disruptive to Chinese firms seeking foreign capital and US companies eyeing investments in China. However, a deeper look reveals this as emblematic of a new normal in China-US business ties,&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3352135\/chinas-manus-block-show-strength-ahead-xi-trump-summit?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\u2019s decision last Monday to block Meta\u2019s US$2 billion acquisition of the Chinese-founded AI start-up Manus came as little surprise. The central government had&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\/150755"}],"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=150755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}