{"id":155586,"date":"2026-08-04T07:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155586"},"modified":"2026-08-04T07:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:09:31","slug":"how-chinas-us900-million-port-deal-in-angola-shows-its-dominance-over-us-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155586","title":{"rendered":"How China\u2019s US$900 million port deal in Angola shows its dominance over US interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostOn the South Atlantic coastline, Angola stands out as rare ground on which the United States has been willing to vie with China for influence in Africa.<br \/>\nIt was the only country on the continent visited by former US president Joe Biden, albeit in the twilight of his term in December 2024.<br \/>\nDuring the trip \u2013 the first by a sitting US president \u2013 Biden made the case for investment in the strategic Lobito Atlantic Railway.<br \/>\nThe administration of Biden\u2019s successor, Donald Trump, also threw its weight&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3361675\/how-chinas-us900-million-port-deal-angola-shows-its-dominance-over-us-interests?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 PostOn the South Atlantic coastline, Angola stands out as rare ground on which the United States has been willing to vie with China for&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\/155586"}],"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=155586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}