{"id":149683,"date":"2026-04-14T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149683"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:00:08","slug":"is-the-us-trying-to-pressure-china-with-hormuz-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149683","title":{"rendered":"Is the US trying to pressure China with Hormuz blockade?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe US naval blockade of Iranian ports is not a tactic to force China to pressure Iran into a peace deal, according to analysts.<br \/>\nRather, the US aimed to end the war through showing its maritime supremacy over the world\u2019s most vital energy chokepoint, they argued.<br \/>\nWashington began to enforce the blockade on Monday, drawing threats of retaliation from Tehran.<br \/>\nIt remains unclear how fully the blockade can be enforced. The US Navy currently has at least 15 ships in the region, including an aircraft&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3350087\/us-trying-pressure-china-hormuz-blockade?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 PostThe US naval blockade of Iranian ports is not a tactic to force China to pressure Iran into a peace deal, according to analysts.&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\/149683"}],"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=149683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}