{"id":154494,"date":"2026-07-13T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154494"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:00:13","slug":"japans-destructive-potential-in-south-china-sea-may-eclipse-the-us-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154494","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s \u2018destructive potential\u2019 in South China Sea may eclipse the US: analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA prominent Chinese maritime analyst has sounded the alarm over Japan\u2019s increasing military presence in the South China Sea, warning it has a \u201cdestructive potential\u201d that could ultimately surpass that of the United States.<br \/>\nSpeaking on Monday at a round table event in Hong Kong discussing security in the region, Wu Shicun, the founding president of China\u2019s National Institute for South China Sea Studies, said \u201cunilateral infringements\u201d in the disputed waters were becoming \u201cnormalised\u201d.<br \/>\nHe told the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3360362\/japan-may-have-greater-destructive-potential-south-china-sea-us?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 PostA prominent Chinese maritime analyst has sounded the alarm over Japan\u2019s increasing military presence in the South China Sea, warning it has a \u201cdestructive&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\/154494"}],"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=154494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}