{"id":152655,"date":"2026-06-09T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152655"},"modified":"2026-06-09T02:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:00:06","slug":"spying-in-xinjiang-no-i-was-reporting-from-chinas-energy-heartland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152655","title":{"rendered":"Spying in Xinjiang? No, I was reporting from China\u2019s energy heartland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the war in Iran disrupts global oil and chemical supplies, China\u2019s coal-heavy energy sector is seizing an unprecedented opportunity. Dannie Peng visited Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to witness the operations of one of China\u2019s four major bases for large-scale, modern coal-chemical production. In this reporter\u2019s note, she documents her observations and experiences during the trip. For her reporting, read the two-part series here.<br \/>\nAs a journalist working for a non-local, non-state media&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3356382\/spying-xinjiang-no-i-was-reporting-chinas-energy-heartland?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 PostAs the war in Iran disrupts global oil and chemical supplies, China\u2019s coal-heavy energy sector is seizing an unprecedented opportunity. Dannie Peng visited Xinjiang&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\/152655"}],"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=152655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}