{
  "id": 156764,
  "title": "Scientific espionage: Government keeps visa rejections for China researchers secret",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/wissenschaftsspionage-regierung-halt-visa-absagen-fur-china-forscher",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-05T02:13:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/wissenschaftsspionage-regierung-haelt-visa-absagen-fuer-china-forscher-geheim/100243695.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Foreign Office keeps the number of rejected research visas for Chinese researchers confidential. Critics see this as a wrong signal in the espionage debate.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}