{"id":33885,"date":"2022-01-27T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=33885"},"modified":"2022-01-27T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T12:00:18","slug":"china-saudi-arabia-set-for-closer-military-ties-as-sun-sets-for-us-in-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=33885","title":{"rendered":"China, Saudi Arabia set for closer military ties as sun sets for US in Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostCloser military ties with Saudi Arabia are on the cards for China, which is expanding its presence in the Middle East as US influence wanes.Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe, meeting the Saudi deputy defence chief via video link, pledged to push forward \u201cpractical cooperation [and] strengthening solidarity\u201d between the two armies.China and Saudi Arabia should \u201cstrengthen coordination and jointly oppose hegemonic and bullying practices, to safeguard \u2026 the interests of developing\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3164943\/china-saudi-arabia-set-closer-military-ties-sun-sets-us-middle?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 PostCloser military ties with Saudi Arabia are on the cards for China, which is expanding its presence in the Middle East as US influence&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":33886,"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\/33885"}],"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=33885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}