{"id":156930,"date":"2026-09-02T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156930"},"modified":"2026-09-02T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:30:09","slug":"china-egypt-joint-drills-a-show-of-beijings-military-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156930","title":{"rendered":"China-Egypt joint drills a show of Beijing\u2019s military reach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina is beginning to match its economic presence abroad with the military reach required to operate across it.<br \/>\nThe clearest evidence came from Egypt. Chinese J-16 fighters flew there recently, supported by YU-20 tankers that refuelled them in the air. The Chinese jets are taking part in Egypt\u2019s \u201cEagles of Civilisation\u201d alongside Egyptian Rafales and MiG-29s. This is the first time China has sent the jets to Africa, providing experience in moving a combat force across continents and operating&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3365853\/china-egypt-joint-drills-show-beijings-military-reach?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 PostChina is beginning to match its economic presence abroad with the military reach required to operate across it. The clearest evidence came from Egypt.&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\/156930"}],"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=156930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}