{"id":2843,"date":"2021-03-09T23:13:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T23:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2021-03-09T23:13:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T23:13:01","slug":"commander-warns-us-lawmakers-about-chinas-growing-military-strength-in-indo-pacificsouth-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=2843","title":{"rendered":"Commander warns US lawmakers about China\u2019s growing military strength in Indo-PacificSouth China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostUnable to match the pace of China\u2019s military budget increases, the Pentagon needs to restructure and work more closely with allies to improve efficiency and otherwise counter Beijing\u2019s growing assertiveness, the nation\u2019s top Pacific naval commander told Congress on Tuesday.Comments by Admiral Philip Davidson, head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, follow China\u2019s announced 6.8 per cent increase in its 2021 military budget and President Xi Jinping\u2019s urging on Tuesday that the People\u2019s Liberation\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3124768\/commander-warns-us-lawmakers-about-chinas-growing-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostUnable to match the pace of China\u2019s military budget increases, the Pentagon needs to restructure and work more closely with allies to improve efficiency and otherwise&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843"}],"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=2843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}