{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_nsgb5qxk6gxmwfpxhy6a","title":"AFRICAN AVIATION: China and the US salivate over a slice of huge Ethiopian airport project","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/african-aviation-china-and-the-us-salivate-over-a-slice-of-huge-nsgb5qxk6g","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_nsgb5qxk6gxmwfpxhy6a","seq":315516,"kind":"article","title":"AFRICAN AVIATION: China and the US salivate over a slice of huge Ethiopian airport project","url":"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-28-china-and-the-us-salivate-over-a-slice-of-huge-ethiopian-airport-project","summary":"Ethiopia’s $12.5-billion Bishoftu International Airport is attracting firms and lenders from the two superpowers and other countries to one of Africa’s biggest aviation infrastructure projects.","published":"2026-09-28T00:07:35Z","seen":"2026-09-28T00:07:35Z","lang":"en","country":"ZA","source":{"id":"kite-dailymaverick-co-za-cd6f62","name":"dailymaverick.co.za","domain":"dailymaverick.co.za","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q6794160","name":"Daily Maverick","type":"newspaper","country":"ZA","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-dailymaverick-co-za-cd6f62","topics":["business maverick,dm168"],"authors":["author"],"entities":[{"id":"Q29520","name":"China","type":"place"},{"id":"Q115","name":"Ethiopia","type":"place"}],"image":"https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/XLXoGNWhi2jjlmdZDzg__lsvDoQ=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/attachments/2998/21US_and_China_compete_for_a_stake_in_Ethiopia_s_US_12_5_billion_airport_copy_640426.jpg","mentions":2,"story":"st_nsgb5qxk6gxmwfpxhy6a","category":"politics","category_p":0.33000001311302185,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.49000000953674316,"political":0.8799999952316284}]}