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  "id": 13867091,
  "title": "China announces sanctions on Belize, Paraguay ministers over Taiwan ties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/china-announces-sanctions-on-belize-paraguay-ministers-over-taiwan-13867091",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T03:14:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hong Kong Free Press - China",
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    "url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/12/china-announces-sanctions-on-belize-paraguay-ministers-over-taiwan-ties/"
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  "summary": "China announced sanctions on Monday against ministers from Paraguay and Belize over their diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing as its territory. The measures against Paraguay’s Communications Minister Gustavo Villate and Belize’s Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca include the freezing of their property and assets in China, visa denials and the banning […]",
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        "outlet": "Nikkei Asia",
        "title": "China sanctions Paraguay, Belize ministers over Taiwan ties",
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        "title": "China announces sanctions on Belize, Paraguay ministers over Taiwan ties",
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        "title": "China sanctions Paraguay, Belize ministers over Taiwan ties",
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        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "China sanctions ministers from Paraguay and Belize over Taiwan ties",
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        "published": "2026-10-12T03:51:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "China sanctions Belize, Paraguay ministers over Taiwan ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/china-sanctions-belize-paraguay-ministers-over-taiwan-ties",
        "published": "2026-10-12T03:53:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "China announces sanctions on Paraguay, Belize ministers over Taiwan ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/china-announces-sanctions-on-paraguay-belize-ministers-over-taiwan",
        "published": "2026-10-12T03:55:13.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "China sanctions LatAm ministers over Taiwan ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/china-sanctions-latam-ministers-over-taiwan-ties",
        "published": "2026-10-12T04:48:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "China sanctions Paraguay, Belize ministers over Taiwan ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/china-sanctions-paraguay-belize-ministers-over-taiwan-ties-13880507",
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