{"id":5713,"date":"2021-04-09T11:39:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T11:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=5713"},"modified":"2021-04-09T11:39:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T11:39:49","slug":"chinese-scientists-drill-in-contested-south-china-sea-amid-rising-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=5713","title":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists drill in contested South China Sea amid rising tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostChinese scientists have carried out deep-sea drilling in the disputed South China Sea to obtain sediment core, according to state media, a move that is expected to fuel tensions in the region.They retrieved the sediment core \u2013 measuring 231 metres (758 feet) \u2013 using a Chinese-made drilling system, the \u201cSea Bull II\u201d, on Wednesday. It was taken from a depth of 2,060 metres (6,758 feet) in an unknown location of the waterway, state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday. The report said the\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3128971\/chinese-scientists-drill-contested-south-china-sea-amid-rising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostChinese scientists have carried out deep-sea drilling in the disputed South China Sea to obtain sediment core, according to state media, a move that is expected&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5714,"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\/5713"}],"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=5713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}