{"id":151532,"date":"2026-05-18T07:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151532"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:06:35","slug":"chinese-scientists-land-on-sandy-cay-reef-as-tensions-with-philippines-escalate-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151532","title":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists land on Sandy Cay reef as tensions with Philippines escalate once again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists landed on a disputed South China Sea reef over the weekend in the latest assertion of Beijing\u2019s sovereignty claims.<br \/>\nThe uninhabited sandbank, Sandy Cay, has become a growing flashpoint following a series of encounters between Chinese and Philippine coastguard, military and fishing vessels.<br \/>\nThe Philippines said the Chinese-flagged research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 33 had been spotted near the reef on Saturday, escorted by two coastguard ships.<br \/>\nJay Tarriela, a spokesman for the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3353947\/chinese-scientists-land-sandy-cay-reef-tensions-philippines-escalate-once-again?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 PostChinese scientists landed on a disputed South China Sea reef over the weekend in the latest assertion of Beijing\u2019s sovereignty claims. The uninhabited sandbank,&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\/151532"}],"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=151532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}