{"id":155304,"date":"2026-07-29T04:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155304"},"modified":"2026-07-29T04:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:30:12","slug":"pentagon-official-hails-stronger-military-ties-with-pla-at-anniversary-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155304","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon official hails \u2018stronger\u2019 military ties with PLA at anniversary event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA senior Pentagon official on Tuesday said US-China military communication was \u201cstronger than it has been in years\u201d, marking a rare bright spot in the broader strategic rivalry between the world\u2019s two most powerful countries.<br \/>\n\u201cUnder the leadership of Secretary [Pete] Hegseth, we are actively repairing a once broken military-to-military channel and making clear, steady progress,\u201d said Alvaro Smith, deputy assistant defence secretary for China, Taiwan and Mongolia.<br \/>\nHe made the remarks during a&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3362210\/pentagon-official-hails-stronger-military-ties-pla-anniversary-event?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 senior Pentagon official on Tuesday said US-China military communication was \u201cstronger than it has been in years\u201d, marking a rare bright spot 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\/155304"}],"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=155304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}