{"id":144080,"date":"2026-01-13T12:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144080"},"modified":"2026-01-13T12:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:06:07","slug":"south-china-sea-claims-of-coercion-deception-as-beijing-and-manila-wage-new-war-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144080","title":{"rendered":"South China Sea: claims of coercion, deception as Beijing and Manila wage new war of words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina and the Philippines have again exchanged barbs over confrontations in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of provocation and escalating tensions.<br \/>\nThe deputy spokesperson at the Chinese embassy in the Philippines said on Tuesday that a statement the day before by the National Maritime Council \u2013 a government body created by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr in 2024 to address the nation\u2019s maritime challenges \u2013 was \u201cunfounded and misleading\u201d.<br \/>\nIt accused Manila&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3339766\/south-china-sea-claims-coercion-deception-beijing-and-manila-wage-new-war-words?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 and the Philippines have again exchanged barbs over confrontations in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of provocation and&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\/144080"}],"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=144080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}