{"id":153912,"date":"2026-07-02T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153912"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:00:06","slug":"is-expansion-of-philippine-bases-for-us-use-on-track-chinese-think-tank-weighs-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153912","title":{"rendered":"Is expansion of Philippine bases for US use on track? Chinese think tank weighs in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSatellite imagery shows that Philippine military bases open to US troops have expanded more slowly than expected, according to a Chinese think tank.<br \/>\nIn a report published on Thursday, the Beijing-based South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI) zoomed in on the nine sites covered by the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the two treaty allies.<br \/>\nIt said the sites reflected Washington\u2019s efforts to transform the Philippines from a \u201cstrategic rear\u201d into a&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3359202\/expansion-philippine-bases-us-use-track-chinese-think-tank-weighs?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 PostSatellite imagery shows that Philippine military bases open to US troops have expanded more slowly than expected, according to a Chinese think tank. In&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\/153912"}],"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=153912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}