{"id":147000,"date":"2026-02-28T21:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147000"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:30:07","slug":"why-china-steers-clear-of-the-wests-transactional-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147000","title":{"rendered":"Why China steers clear of the West\u2019s transactional diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn international relations, interactions between states are often understood through a transactional lens. A transactional approach treats diplomacy as a series of discrete deals, short-term and conditional exchanges governed by a strict calculus of quid pro quo. Its focus is immediate gain and measurable returns.<br \/>\nThe turbulence in transatlantic relations over the past year illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of such an approach. At the Munich Security Conference earlier this month, US&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3344449\/why-china-steers-clear-wests-transactional-diplomacy?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 PostIn international relations, interactions between states are often understood through a transactional lens. A transactional approach treats diplomacy as a series of discrete deals,&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\/147000"}],"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=147000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}