{"id":150767,"date":"2026-05-04T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150767"},"modified":"2026-05-04T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:00:11","slug":"why-african-leaders-value-seamless-transcontinental-links-over-us-china-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150767","title":{"rendered":"Why African leaders value seamless transcontinental links over US-China rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWashington may have framed the Lobito Corridor as de-risking mineral supply chains from Chinese influence, but governments in Africa are prioritising a \u201chandshake\u201d with Beijing and other corridors to create a seamless transcontinental connection.<br \/>\nThe United States views the Lobito Corridor as a direct rival to the China-backed 1,860km (1,156-mile) Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) that stretches from Kapiri Mposhi in central Zambia to Dar es Salaam on Tanzania\u2019s eastern coast.<br \/>\nThe&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3352324\/why-african-leaders-value-seamless-transcontinental-links-over-us-china-rivalry?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 PostWashington may have framed the Lobito Corridor as de-risking mineral supply chains from Chinese influence, but governments in Africa are prioritising a \u201chandshake\u201d with&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\/150767"}],"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=150767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}