{"id":147231,"date":"2026-03-04T10:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147231"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:41:52","slug":"what-a-historical-smash-hit-tells-us-about-chinas-strategic-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147231","title":{"rendered":"What a historical smash hit tells us about China\u2019s strategic focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the world watches in horror at death raining from the skies in the Middle East, millions of Chinese are glued to the television watching a turbulent drama that unfolded in their own country, albeit some eleven centuries ago.<br \/>\nSwords into Ploughshares, a historical TV drama set during the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, has emerged as an unexpected smash hit coming into China\u2019s festive season.<br \/>\nYet it is more than just a television phenomenon. In some ways, it sheds light on the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3345366\/what-historical-smash-hit-tells-us-about-chinas-strategic-focus?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 PostAs the world watches in horror at death raining from the skies in the Middle East, millions of Chinese are glued to the television&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\/147231"}],"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=147231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}