{"id":152548,"date":"2026-06-05T21:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152548"},"modified":"2026-06-05T21:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:30:05","slug":"energy-now-a-focus-of-us-china-contest-of-the-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152548","title":{"rendered":"Energy now a focus of US-China contest of the century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostGiven that control over energy reinforces superpower status, the contest of the century has morphed into an intense rivalry between China, a rising \u201celectrostate\u201d, and the United States, the world\u2019s hydrocarbon hegemon safeguarding its position.<br \/>\nChina recognises that electricity drives its economy. Despite being a major producer of coal, crude oil and natural gas, China remains an importer of these hydrocarbons. However, with strategic patience, through its five-year plans, the country has been&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3356042\/energy-now-focus-us-china-contest-century?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 PostGiven that control over energy reinforces superpower status, the contest of the century has morphed into an intense rivalry between China, a rising \u201celectrostate\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\/152548"}],"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=152548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}