{"id":152356,"date":"2026-06-02T12:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152356"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:30:05","slug":"how-adversity-has-guided-the-path-of-chinese-civilisation-through-the-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152356","title":{"rendered":"How adversity has guided the path of Chinese civilisation through the ages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostPlaces well-endowed with natural resources don\u2019t usually become great powers or world-conquering empires. If anything, many suffer from the \u201cresource curse\u201d, which corrupts the domestic elite and invites foreign intervention, exploitation or outright colonisation.<br \/>\nLike people, communities or nations that have fought to overcome adversity and disadvantages often become the most successful. Challenges \u2013 whether natural, geographical, social or military \u2013 make them fighters and winners.<br \/>\nNew&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3355507\/how-adversity-has-guided-path-chinese-civilisation-through-ages?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 PostPlaces well-endowed with natural resources don\u2019t usually become great powers or world-conquering empires. If anything, many suffer from the \u201cresource curse\u201d, which corrupts the&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\/152356"}],"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=152356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}