{"id":144034,"date":"2026-01-12T21:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144034"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:30:10","slug":"why-timing-may-be-right-for-china-to-press-north-korea-on-denuclearisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144034","title":{"rendered":"Why timing may be right for China to press North Korea on denuclearisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Ukraine war and Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House have significantly altered northeast Asia\u2019s geopolitical landscape. North Korea\u2019s defence treaty with Russia and leader Kim Jong-un\u2019s decision to deploy troops to support Moscow have shattered any remaining illusions of strategic restraint.<br \/>\nWhile Russia is believed to be supplying North Korea with finance and technology, Japan and South Korea are accelerating military spending and preparing for long-term confrontation, potentially \u2013&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3339398\/why-timing-may-be-right-china-press-north-korea-denuclearisation?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 PostThe Ukraine war and Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House have significantly altered northeast Asia\u2019s geopolitical landscape. North Korea\u2019s defence treaty with Russia&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\/144034"}],"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=144034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}