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  "id": 13693103,
  "title": "A Reporter Returns to China to Find it Richer, but Also Highly Paranoid.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/a-reporter-returns-to-china-to-find-it-richer-but-also-highly-paranoid",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T09:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/world/asia/china-essay-higgins-surveillance.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Returning to China after decades away, a correspondent finds bullet trains, dazzling skylines — and a surveillance state more paranoid and pervasive than ever.",
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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."
}