{"id":147720,"date":"2026-03-12T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147720"},"modified":"2026-03-12T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:00:08","slug":"is-beijing-stepping-up-island-building-in-south-china-sea-after-10-year-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147720","title":{"rendered":"Is Beijing stepping up island building in South China Sea after 10-year pause?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has significantly stepped up its land reclamation activities on a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, according to satellite images.<br \/>\nOne image, reportedly taken on Monday, suggested that the surface area of Antelope Reef, once a mostly submerged feature in the Paracel Islands, had expanded substantially.<br \/>\nThe picture, published on social media by Damien Symon, a researcher with global intelligence research network The Intel Lab, also showed more than 30 vessels, believed to be dredgers&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3346257\/beijing-stepping-island-building-south-china-sea-after-10-year-pause?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 PostChina has significantly stepped up its land reclamation activities on a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, according to satellite images. One image,&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\/147720"}],"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=147720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}