{"id":152552,"date":"2026-06-06T01:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T01:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152552"},"modified":"2026-06-06T01:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T01:30:05","slug":"does-pete-hegseths-volte-face-on-china-reflect-an-america-in-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152552","title":{"rendered":"Does Pete Hegseth\u2019s volte-face on China reflect an America in decline?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostListening to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth at the recently concluded Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, I thought of the iconic Sichuan opera act of face-changing, where performers switch masks in an instant.<br \/>\nLast year, Hegseth\u2019s speech at the event was filled with blatant attacks on China. This year, he put on a completely different face, declaring that: \u201cUnder President Trump\u2019s leadership, relations between the United States and China are better than they\u2019ve been in many years.\u201d<br \/>\nWhy this&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3355862\/does-pete-hegseths-volte-face-china-reflect-america-decline?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 PostListening to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth at the recently concluded Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, I thought of the iconic Sichuan opera act of&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\/152552"}],"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=152552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}