{
  "id": 10150615,
  "title": "US challenges China on secret nuclear tests as arms race looms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/us-challenges-china-on-secret-nuclear-tests-as-arms-race-looms",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T05:46:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/us-challenges-china-on-secret-nuclear-tests-as-arms-race-looms/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A mounting standoff over allegations of covert Chinese nuclear testing and rapid arsenal expansion has collided with an intensifying domestic debate within the US over whether it must abandon its decades-long test moratorium. US officials are pressing China in confidential diplomatic talks over suspected low-yield nuclear testing and a rapid strategic expansion across at least […] The post US…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}