{"id":156017,"date":"2026-08-13T04:24:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T04:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156017"},"modified":"2026-08-13T04:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T04:24:37","slug":"us-china-rivalry-takes-flight-over-scramble-for-contracts-at-ethiopias-bishoftu-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156017","title":{"rendered":"US-China rivalry takes flight over scramble for contracts at Ethiopia\u2019s Bishoftu airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostEthiopia\u2019s new US$12.5 billion mega-airport project has thrust the nation into the heart of a geopolitical tug of war between the United States and China.<br \/>\nEthiopian Airlines, Africa\u2019s largest carrier, is developing the massive Bishoftu International Airport, located 40km (25 miles) southeast of the capital Addis Ababa to serve as a primary hub for African trade and travel.<br \/>\nThe project has triggered intense competition between would-be contractors from around the world, but Chinese state-owned&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3363853\/us-china-rivalry-takes-flight-over-scramble-contracts-ethiopias-bishoftu-airport?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 PostEthiopia\u2019s new US$12.5 billion mega-airport project has thrust the nation into the heart of a geopolitical tug of war between the United States and&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\/156017"}],"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=156017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}