{"id":153300,"date":"2026-06-21T21:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153300"},"modified":"2026-06-21T21:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:30:05","slug":"china-asean-relations-are-bigger-than-mere-geopolitics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153300","title":{"rendered":"China-Asean relations are bigger than mere geopolitics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina-Asean relations are usually described in two ways. One emphasises danger: the South China Sea, US-China rivalry, military pressure and risk of Southeast Asia being pulled into China\u2019s orbit. The other emphasises opportunity: trade, infrastructure, investment, supply chains and shared growth.<br \/>\nBoth are true. Neither is enough.<br \/>\nI recently joined a study tour by the University of Hong Kong\u2019s Centre on Contemporary China and the World to Chengdu, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. During the trip, I was&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/asia-opinion\/article\/3357468\/china-asean-relations-are-bigger-mere-geopolitics?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-Asean relations are usually described in two ways. One emphasises danger: the South China Sea, US-China rivalry, military pressure and risk of Southeast Asia&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\/153300"}],"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=153300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}