{"id":9842,"date":"2014-05-14T12:44:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T04:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=9842"},"modified":"2014-06-19T23:59:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T15:59:53","slug":"china-sea-tensions-top-asean-summit-talks-hosted-by-myanmar-for-1st-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/14\/china-sea-tensions-top-asean-summit-talks-hosted-by-myanmar-for-1st-time\/","title":{"rendered":"China sea tensions top ASEAN summit talks hosted by Myanmar for 1st time"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10212\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_114607546.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10212\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_114607546.jpg\" alt=\"Shutterstock photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_114607546.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_114607546-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_114607546-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar &#8211; Concerns over China&#8217;s aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea top the agenda in the first regional summit hosted by Myanmar, which is hoping to demonstrate the progress it&#8217;s made since emerging from a half-century of brutal military rule.<\/p>\n<p>A standoff between Chinese and Vietnamese ships near the Paracel Islands is putting a fresh spotlight on long-standing and bitter maritime disputes.<\/p>\n<p>The stakes are high &#8211; it&#8217;s one of the world&#8217;s most important shipping lanes &#8211; but some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are wary of upsetting the regional powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders are also expected Sunday to discuss tensions on the Korean Peninsula and Thailand&#8217;s political crisis.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time Myanmar is hosting a summit of regional leaders since it joined the 10-member bloc in 1997.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar &#8211; Concerns over China&#8217;s aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea top the agenda in the first regional &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":10212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[561,595],"class_list":["post-9842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-w","tag-as","tag-asean","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}