{"id":156764,"date":"2026-08-29T22:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156764"},"modified":"2026-08-29T22:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:00:13","slug":"is-the-irtysh-river-the-choke-free-arctic-shipping-gateway-that-china-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156764","title":{"rendered":"Is the Irtysh River the choke-free Arctic shipping gateway that China needs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs conflicts around the world highlight the vulnerability of global shipping lanes, China and Russia are reportedly weighing the possibility of turning a vast river into an inland cargo route to the rest of the world.<br \/>\nAt the heart of this ambition is the 4,248km (2,640-mile) Irtysh River, which originates in China\u2019s western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and runs through Kazakhstan before flowing into Russia\u2019s Ob River and ending in the Arctic Ocean.<br \/>\nTo China, this river-to-sea shipping route&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3365692\/irtysh-river-choke-free-arctic-shipping-gateway-china-needs?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 conflicts around the world highlight the vulnerability of global shipping lanes, China and Russia are reportedly weighing the possibility of turning a vast&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\/156764"}],"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=156764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}