{"id":146240,"date":"2026-02-15T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146240"},"modified":"2026-02-15T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T21:30:08","slug":"can-manilas-south-china-sea-strategy-of-defiance-and-diplomacy-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146240","title":{"rendered":"Can Manila\u2019s South China Sea strategy of defiance and diplomacy hold?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostLast month, in the same week that Chinese and Philippine diplomats restarted political dialogue for the first time in over a year, the People\u2019s Liberation Army bombers conducted combat patrols over Scarborough Shoal. China then released a video marking the fifth anniversary of its coastguard law, emphasising the force\u2019s legal mandate and role in maritime governance. It also features footage of the June 2024 confrontation with the Philippines.<br \/>\nIn the South China Sea, conference rooms and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3343423\/can-manilas-south-china-sea-strategy-defiance-and-diplomacy-hold?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 PostLast month, in the same week that Chinese and Philippine diplomats restarted political dialogue for the first time in over a year, the People\u2019s&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\/146240"}],"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=146240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}