{"id":148387,"date":"2026-03-23T11:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148387"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:01:20","slug":"no-dispute-about-it-beijing-defends-construction-on-paracel-islands-in-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148387","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No dispute about it\u2019: Beijing defends construction on Paracel Islands in South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing has defended ongoing land-reclamation activities in the contested Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, stating they are aimed at improving living conditions and boosting the local economy.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Xisha Islands are an inherent part of China\u2019s territory and there is no dispute about it,\u201d according to Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian on Monday, referring to the Paracels\u2019 Chinese name.<br \/>\n\u201cChina\u2019s necessary construction activities on its own territory are aimed at improving the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3347603\/no-dispute-about-it-beijing-defends-construction-paracel-islands-south-china-sea?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 PostBeijing has defended ongoing land-reclamation activities in the contested Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, stating they are aimed at improving living conditions&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\/148387"}],"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=148387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}