{"id":155474,"date":"2026-08-01T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155474"},"modified":"2026-08-01T01:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:00:13","slug":"the-numbers-game-why-the-us-is-losing-ground-to-china-in-the-first-island-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155474","title":{"rendered":"The numbers game: why the US is losing ground to China in the first island chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the People\u2019s Liberation Army marks its 99th anniversary on August 1, one year from the deadline for its centenary goals, its evolution highlights the past, present and future of China\u2019s military strategy. In the second part of a series, Gabriel Dominguez examines how Beijing is pushing the envelope on its near-seas island arc.<br \/>\nBeijing has urged the People\u2019s Liberation Army to transform into a \u201cworld-class military\u201d by the mid-21st century, intent on piercing US-led chokepoints along an arc of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3362432\/numbers-game-why-us-losing-ground-china-first-island-chain?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 People\u2019s Liberation Army marks its 99th anniversary on August 1, one year from the deadline for its centenary goals, its evolution highlights&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\/155474"}],"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=155474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}