{"id":152104,"date":"2026-05-28T11:43:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152104"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:43:37","slug":"china-slams-us-commanders-dagger-label-for-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152104","title":{"rendered":"China slams US commander\u2019s \u2018dagger\u2019 label for South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has criticised the commander of the US Forces Korea (USFK) who has described South Korea as a \u201cdagger\u201d and Japan as a \u201cshield\u201d in countering China\u2019s growing regional influence.<br \/>\nIt comes as Washington seeks to expand the scope of its South Korea-based command for a greater presence across the Indo-Pacific in what Beijing views as an effort to contain it.<br \/>\nDuring a podcast interview hosted by the US Army War College on May 22, USFK Commander Xavier Brunson said that when looking from the east&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3355196\/china-slams-us-commanders-dagger-label-south-korea?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 PostChina has criticised the commander of the US Forces Korea (USFK) who has described South Korea as a \u201cdagger\u201d and Japan as a \u201cshield\u201d&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\/152104"}],"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=152104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}