{"id":146462,"date":"2026-02-19T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146462"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:00:07","slug":"is-this-the-end-of-the-golden-age-of-chinese-think-tanks-with-star-ex-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146462","title":{"rendered":"Is this the end of the golden age of Chinese think tanks with star ex-officials?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDuring the past decade, Chinese think tanks have had the best of two worlds \u2013 having the backing of the government while having some room to move outside it.<br \/>\nEncouraged by the country\u2019s leadership to promote China\u2019s soft power, the sector has grown in influence as retired officials have come on board, bringing expertise, connections and some freedom.<br \/>\nNot unlike their Western counterparts, these institutes have come to play major roles in Track 2 diplomacy and policy recommendations.<br \/>\nBut two&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3343977\/end-golden-age-chinese-think-tanks-star-ex-officials?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 PostDuring the past decade, Chinese think tanks have had the best of two worlds \u2013 having the backing of the government while having some&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\/146462"}],"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=146462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}