{"id":149025,"date":"2026-04-02T09:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149025"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:01:08","slug":"why-china-and-vietnam-are-shifting-from-confrontation-to-calm-in-south-china-sea-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149025","title":{"rendered":"Why China and Vietnam are shifting from confrontation to calm in South China Sea claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDespite land reclamation efforts in the fiercely contested South China Sea, an unusual silence has fallen between Beijing and Hanoi over their rival claims.<br \/>\nObservers said this suggested both sides were prioritising pragmatism to keep tensions in check.<br \/>\nIn March, months into reports suggesting continued Chinese dredging activities at Antelope Reef in the Paracel Islands, Vietnam broke its silence by lodging a protest with Beijing over what it called \u201cillegal and invalid\u201d foreign&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3348763\/why-china-and-vietnam-are-shifting-confrontation-calm-south-china-sea-claims?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 PostDespite land reclamation efforts in the fiercely contested South China Sea, an unusual silence has fallen between Beijing and Hanoi over their rival claims.&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\/149025"}],"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=149025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}