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  "id": 14402157,
  "title": "Chinese business visit to Kuril Islands will do nothing to ease tensions in Tokyo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/chinese-business-visit-to-kuril-islands-will-do-nothing-to-ease-14402157",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-14T07:59:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3370854/chinese-business-visit-kuril-islands-will-do-nothing-ease-tensions-tokyo"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A business delegation from northeastern China has visited a Russian-controlled, Japanese-claimed island off Hokkaido to explore joint economic projects, a move that has prompted protests from Tokyo. Officials and business leaders from Heilongjiang province, which borders Russia’s far east, travelled to Etorofu – known to Russians as Iturup – to survey potential investment opportunities, according…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Chinese business visit to Kuril Islands will do nothing to ease tensions in Tokyo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/chinese-business-visit-to-kuril-islands-will-do-nothing-to-ease",
        "published": "2026-10-14T07:59:25.000Z"
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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."
}