{"id":131578,"date":"2025-06-23T05:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T05:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=131578"},"modified":"2025-06-23T05:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T05:01:11","slug":"why-strait-of-hormuz-matters-and-what-a-blockade-could-mean-for-china-asiaunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=131578","title":{"rendered":"Why Strait of Hormuz matters \u2013 and what a blockade could mean for China, AsiaUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostIran\u2019s parliament has approved a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz after the United States launched military strikes on its nuclear facilities over the weekend. The final decision rests with the country\u2019s Supreme National Security Council and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei \u2013 but the move has already deepened fears for the global energy trade.<br \/>\nIn this explainer, we examine why this matters and what the implications of a blockade would be.<br \/>\nWhere is the Strait of Hormuz? Why is it so&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/global-economy\/article\/3315447\/why-strait-hormuz-matters-and-what-blockade-could-mean-asia-world?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostIran\u2019s parliament has approved a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz after the United States launched military strikes on its&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131578"}],"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=131578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}