{"id":155837,"date":"2026-08-09T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155837"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:00:09","slug":"china-waits-in-wings-as-mecca-pact-signals-gulf-shift-away-from-us-security-umbrella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155837","title":{"rendered":"China waits in wings as Mecca pact signals Gulf shift away from US security umbrella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe grand security bargain between the United States and Gulf countries is widely perceived to be fraying, creating what analysts see as an opening for Beijing to expand its presence in the region.<br \/>\nFor decades, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states relied on Washington\u2019s defensive shield, while it in turn relied on them for access, energy and influence.<br \/>\nRiyadh\u2019s decision to sign a mutual defence agreement with Turkey and Pakistan is the clearest sign yet of that shift.<br \/>\nSigned this week in Mecca,&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3363452\/china-waits-wings-mecca-pact-signals-gulf-shift-away-us-security-umbrella?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 PostThe grand security bargain between the United States and Gulf countries is widely perceived to be fraying, creating what analysts see as an opening&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\/155837"}],"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=155837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}