{
  "id": 14449194,
  "title": "Huang Qifan, China’s political tumbler, falls after a decade of close corruption calls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/huang-qifan-chinas-political-tumbler-falls-after-a-decade-of-close-14449194",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T12:13:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3370903/huang-qifan-chinas-political-tumbler-falls-after-decade-close-corruption-calls"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For a decade, former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan stood out as a political survivor while colleague after close colleague fell in China’s far-reaching anti-corruption campaign. Throughout that time, including his seven years as the megacity’s mayor from 2009 to 2016, Huang was seen as a “tumbler” in Chinese politics – a weighted doll that wobbles but never falls over. The nickname was…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Huang Qifan, China’s political tumbler, falls after a decade of close corruption calls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/huang-qifan-chinas-political-tumbler-falls-after-a-decade-of-close",
        "published": "2026-10-14T12:13:13.000Z"
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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."
}