{"id":27,"date":"2015-12-06T00:17:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T16:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudnix10.netinfiniti.net\/portcitiesasia\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2015-12-06T00:17:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T16:17:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About this website&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudnix10.netinfiniti.net\/portcitiesasia\/2015\/11\/08\/hello-world\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/portcities.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ShangBund7.jpg\" alt=\"Asia\u2019s Port Cities\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">What makes a port city a PORT city? Is it merely a city that also happens to have a port? This website explores the Asian port city, past and present\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u2018Brides of the Sea\u2019, \u2018Gateways to Asia\u2019 and \u2018the transformers of Asia\u2019 are some of the ways Asian port cities have been described. Port cities hold a very special interest for many maritime enthusiasts because they bridge the land and the sea. This \u2018littoral\u2019 city will often be distinctly maritime and yet cosmopolitan, global and yet local. And in the present day, many of the great port cities (of the early modern and colonial eras) are enjoying a renaissance through reviving their port city heyday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This site is dedicated to exploring the history of many of Asia&#8217;s port cities. It&#8217;s a &#8216;work in progress&#8217; so please visit again to see what&#8217;s new!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What makes a port city a PORT city? Is it merely a city that also happens to have a port? This website explores the Asian port city, past and present\u2026 \u2018Brides of the Sea\u2019, \u2018Gateways to Asia\u2019 and \u2018the transformers of Asia\u2019 are some of the ways Asian port cities have been described. Port cities &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About this website&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}