{"id":147807,"date":"2026-03-13T07:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147807"},"modified":"2026-03-13T07:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:59:20","slug":"whats-important-about-antelope-reef-in-the-south-china-seas-paracel-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147807","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s important about Antelope Reef in the South China Sea\u2019s Paracel Islands?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn January, the US-based magazine Newsweek reported that China had started dredging sand on an obscure feature in the Paracel Islands, the archipelago known as Xisha by the Chinese and Hoang Sa in Vietnam.<br \/>\nMore recent satellite images suggest that China has significantly expanded its reclamation, with the once-submerged Antelope Reef appearing to have a substantially larger surface area.<br \/>\nThe reef, one of more than 30 islands that make up the Paracels in the South China Sea, is claimed by Beijing&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3346476\/whats-important-about-antelope-reef-south-china-seas-paracel-islands?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 January, the US-based magazine Newsweek reported that China had started dredging sand on an obscure feature in the Paracel Islands, the archipelago known&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\/147807"}],"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=147807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}