{
  "id": 13060600,
  "title": "Belt and Road paving way for China’s military presence in SE Asia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/belt-and-road-paving-way-for-chinas-military-presence-in-se-asia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T07:10:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/10/belt-and-road-paving-way-for-chinas-military-presence-in-se-asia/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Last week, eight Chinese-made light attack jets sat on a half-finished runway at Ban Keun, flanked by more than two dozen military support vehicles, offering the first aerial glimpse of a new Chinese-Lao military facility north of the Lao capital, Vientiane. The speed of the buildup and the earthmoving visible around the airstrip in the […] The post Belt and Road paving way for China’s military…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}