{"id":28702,"date":"2021-12-03T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T09:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=28702"},"modified":"2021-12-03T09:54:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T09:54:47","slug":"game-changer-laos-opens-chinese-built-railway-line-against-backdrop-of-debt-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=28702","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Game changer\u2019: Laos opens Chinese-built railway line against backdrop of debt concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostLaos is set to open a US$6 billion Chinese-built railway on Friday, with debt concerns balanced against hopes it could boost the reclusive nation\u2019s struggling economy.The 414km (260-mile) segment took five years to construct under China\u2019s trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative.Analysts have acknowledged the potential economic boost, but have queried how infrastructure-poor Laos will pay its US$1.06 billion debt \u2013 and whether it is ready to exploit the state-of-the-art transport system.But\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3158353\/game-changer-laos-opens-chinese-built-railway-line-against?utm_source=rss_feed\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostLaos is set to open a US$6 billion Chinese-built railway on Friday, with debt concerns balanced against hopes it could boost the reclusive nation\u2019s&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":28703,"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\/28702"}],"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=28702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}