{"id":136342,"date":"2025-09-12T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T02:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=136342"},"modified":"2025-09-12T02:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T02:00:22","slug":"why-beijings-new-plan-to-bolster-its-south-china-sea-claims-has-manila-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=136342","title":{"rendered":"Why Beijing\u2019s new plan to bolster its South China Sea claims has Manila worried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s designation of a national nature reserve in the contested Scarborough Shoal \u2013 and its punitive measures for unauthorised entry \u2013 have prompted strong pushback from the Philippines, with analysts warning the move could escalate tensions in the strategically important waterway.<br \/>\nBeijing\u2019s announcement of the decision on Wednesday marked its latest efforts to consolidate its claims in the contested area that is now a focal point of intense confrontations between the two countries and could&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3325243\/why-chinas-new-plan-bolster-its-south-china-sea-claims-has-manila-worried?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\u2019s designation of a national nature reserve in the contested Scarborough Shoal \u2013 and its punitive measures for unauthorised entry \u2013 have prompted strong&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\/136342"}],"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=136342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}