{"id":9665,"date":"2021-05-20T21:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=9665"},"modified":"2021-05-20T21:00:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:00:11","slug":"kiribatis-china-backed-airstrip-upgrade-fuels-political-divisions-in-pacific-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=9665","title":{"rendered":"Kiribati\u2019s China-backed airstrip upgrade fuels political divisions in Pacific nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostA China-backed plan to upgrade an airstrip on Kiribati is fuelling political divisions in the tiny Pacific Island nation, with opposition figures questioning Beijing\u2019s intentions and the project\u2019s purpose.Kiribati\u2019s 33 islands are scattered across resource-rich waters that make up one of the world\u2019s largest exclusive economic zones.The proposed revamp of the airstrip, which was used by American bombers during World War II, comes amid heightened scrutiny of Beijing\u2019s outreach efforts to\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/politics\/article\/3134157\/kiribatis-china-backed-airstrip-upgrade-fuels-political\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostA China-backed plan to upgrade an airstrip on Kiribati is fuelling political divisions in the tiny Pacific Island nation, with opposition figures questioning Beijing\u2019s intentions and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9666,"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\/9665"}],"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=9665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}