{"id":54471,"date":"2023-04-20T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2023\/apr\/19\/australia-would-be-naive-to-think-chinas-new-antarctic-station-not-for-surveillance-analyst-says"},"modified":"2023-04-20T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:00:21","slug":"australia-would-be-naive-to-think-chinas-new-antarctic-station-not-for-surveillance-analyst-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=54471","title":{"rendered":"Australia would be \u2018naive\u2019 to think China\u2019s new Antarctic station not for surveillance, analyst says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National security experts express concern over resumed construction of observatory which could be used for intelligence gathering<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a 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