{"id":147069,"date":"2026-03-02T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147069"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:00:14","slug":"south-china-sea-expert-warns-2026-code-of-conduct-is-simply-not-achievable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147069","title":{"rendered":"South China Sea expert warns 2026 code of conduct is \u2018simply not achievable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA veteran South China Sea expert has cast doubt on the prospects of finalising a code of conduct for the contested waters this year, even as ties between rival claimants Beijing and Manila show signs of improvement.<br \/>\nWu Shicun, founding president of the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, said it was \u201c100 per cent not likely\u201d that the document would be signed this year as the Philippines takes over the rotating chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).<br \/>\n\u201cI believe it&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3345137\/south-china-sea-expert-warns-2026-code-conduct-simply-not-achievable?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 PostA veteran South China Sea expert has cast doubt on the prospects of finalising a code of conduct for the contested waters this year,&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\/147069"}],"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=147069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}