{"id":4163,"date":"2021-03-23T19:45:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T19:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=4163"},"modified":"2021-03-23T19:45:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T19:45:29","slug":"chinas-ability-to-invade-taiwan-much-closer-than-most-think-us-indo-pacific-command-nominee-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=4163","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s ability to invade Taiwan \u2018much closer than most think\u2019, US Indo-Pacific Command nominee says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostBeijing will have the ability to invade Taiwan sooner than current predictions would suggest, US President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to lead America\u2019s Indo-Pacific Command said on Tuesday. Speaking in a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral\u00a0John Aquilino said that the point at which China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) would be equipped for such a mission was \u201cmuch closer than most think\u201d, dismissing varying predicted timelines that extend out to 2045. \u201cWe have to take this on,\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3126702\/chinas-ability-invade-taiwan-much-closer-most-think-us-indo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostBeijing will have the ability to invade Taiwan sooner than current predictions would suggest, US President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to lead America\u2019s Indo-Pacific Command said on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4164,"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\/4163"}],"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=4163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}