{"id":148406,"date":"2026-03-23T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148406"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:00:14","slug":"what-if-us-ground-forces-march-into-iran-chinese-experts-weigh-the-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148406","title":{"rendered":"What if US ground forces march into Iran? Chinese experts weigh the risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostPotential US ground operations against Iran might constrain Tehran, but the prospects for reopening the Strait of Hormuz were \u201chighly uncertain\u201d, Chinese analysts said.<br \/>\nThey also cautioned that any such escalation was likely to result in heavy casualties, with one of them saying Iran \u201cmight even welcome\u201d such close combat.<br \/>\nUS President Donald Trump on Monday announced a five-day halt to military strikes on Iranian power plants.<br \/>\nHe made the announcement on social media as the US\u2019 48-hour deadline&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3347622\/what-if-us-ground-forces-march-iran-chinese-experts-weigh-risks?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 PostPotential US ground operations against Iran might constrain Tehran, but the prospects for reopening the Strait of Hormuz were \u201chighly uncertain\u201d, Chinese analysts said.&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\/148406"}],"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=148406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}