{"id":152563,"date":"2026-06-06T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152563"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:00:06","slug":"how-china-is-turning-historic-african-slave-port-into-waterfront-tourism-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152563","title":{"rendered":"How China is turning historic African slave port into waterfront tourism destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn Benin\u2019s southern Atlantic coastal town of Ouidah, located about 40km (25 miles) west of the economic capital of Cotonou, China is turning a former slave trade hub into a busy tourist destination.<br \/>\nThe historic port once saw nearly 2 million enslaved Africans marched along the 2km \u201cSlave Route\u201d from the auction plaza to the beach during the transatlantic slave trade.<br \/>\nOn the shore, captives were passed through the \u201cGate of No Return\u201d, with a monumental memorial arch now standing at the exact&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3356024\/how-china-turning-historic-african-slave-port-waterfront-tourism-destination?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 PostIn Benin\u2019s southern Atlantic coastal town of Ouidah, located about 40km (25 miles) west of the economic capital of Cotonou, China is turning a&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\/152563"}],"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=152563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}