{
  "id": 15717867,
  "title": "Student sent back to China over Japanese rising sun flag incident in Russia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/student-sent-back-to-china-over-japanese-rising-sun-flag-incident-in-15717867",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T07:00:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3371475/student-sent-back-china-over-japanese-rising-sun-flag-incident-russia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Chinese student who draped himself in the Japanese rising sun flag in a Russian university classroom has been expelled and asked to leave the country, according to state-run newspaper Global Times. The flag was used by the Japanese military during its imperial expansion and is still used by Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force. It remains a symbol of Japanese militarism and aggression in China…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Student sent back to China over Japanese rising sun flag incident in Russia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/student-sent-back-to-china-over-japanese-rising-sun-flag-incident-in",
        "published": "2026-10-20T07:00:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}