{"id":154013,"date":"2026-07-04T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154013"},"modified":"2026-07-04T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:00:11","slug":"chinas-influence-on-african-ports-extends-to-software-automation-and-ai-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154013","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s influence on African ports extends to software, automation and AI: study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese firms not only operate, finance or hold stakes in about one third of all ports in Africa, but Beijing now also controls the software, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) tools that run the infrastructure.<br \/>\nAnd that reach extends well beyond the docks, with Beijing financing and operating the road, rail and warehousing networks connected to these ports and other maritime projects across the continent, closely intertwining African trade with China\u2019s own trading systems.<br \/>\nThese are&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3359378\/chinas-influence-african-ports-extends-software-automation-and-ai-study?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 PostChinese firms not only operate, finance or hold stakes in about one third of all ports in Africa, but Beijing now also controls the&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\/154013"}],"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=154013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}