{"id":157512,"date":"2026-09-16T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157512"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:00:06","slug":"chinese-defence-chief-skirts-flashpoints-at-xiangshan-forum-ahead-of-xi-trump-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157512","title":{"rendered":"Chinese defence chief skirts flashpoints at Xiangshan Forum ahead of Xi-Trump summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWith just a week to go until Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Washington for his first state visit in more than a decade, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun opted for the diplomatic path in his address to China\u2019s premier security conference on Wednesday.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the annual Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Dong took veiled swipes at Washington and its allies but \u2013 unlike last year \u2013 appeared to pull his punches, skipping mentions of contentious issues such as Taiwan and the South China Sea.<br \/>\nHe&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3367735\/chinese-defence-chief-skirts-flashpoints-xiangshan-forum-ahead-xi-trump-summit?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 PostWith just a week to go until Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Washington for his first state visit in more than a decade,&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\/157512"}],"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=157512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}