{"id":29304,"date":"2021-12-10T07:10:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T07:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=29304"},"modified":"2021-12-10T07:10:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T07:10:08","slug":"ahead-of-blinkens-southeast-asia-visit-us-steps-up-rivalry-with-china-in-mekong-region-with-funding-mississippi-tie-upunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=29304","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of Blinken\u2019s Southeast Asia visit, US steps up rivalry with China in Mekong region with funding, Mississippi tie-upUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostIn a further bid to rival China\u2019s influence and presence in Southeast Asia\u2019s Mekong Basin, the United States has awarded a grant to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to improve the collection and sharing of data and improve water management.The sum of US$773,570 will also be used for continued exchanges with the Mississippi River Commission, according to an announcement made last Friday during a virtual meeting between the MRC and the Mississippi River Commission where some 50 senior\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/politics\/article\/3159187\/ahead-blinkens-southeast-asia-visit-us-steps-rivalry-china?utm_source=rss_feed\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostIn a further bid to rival China\u2019s influence and presence in Southeast Asia\u2019s Mekong Basin, the United States has awarded a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":29305,"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\/29304"}],"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=29304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}