{
  "id": 10340467,
  "title": "Elderly resident sparks fury in China after cutting worker’s safety rope to hang laundry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/elderly-resident-sparks-fury-in-china-after-cutting-workers-safety",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T02:00:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3368945/elderly-resident-sparks-fury-china-after-cutting-workers-safety-rope-hang-laundry"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An elderly resident in southern China sparked online outrage after cutting a high-altitude worker’s safety rope to use it as a washing line. The incident occurred when Liu, a worker from Foshan, Guangdong province, was repairing the exterior wall of a high-rise building on September 17. After descending from the 30th floor to a platform on the second floor, he discovered that one of his safety…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}