{
  "id": 15731972,
  "title": "PLA Navy followed US vessel on patrol in South China Sea hotspot, Beijing says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/pla-navy-followed-us-vessel-on-patrol-in-south-china-sea-hotspot",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T10:10:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3371517/pla-navy-followed-us-vessel-patrol-south-china-sea-hotspot-beijing-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China on Tuesday accused a US naval vessel of undermining regional stability by entering waters near the South China Sea’s disputed Spratly Islands. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the USS Charleston “illegally intruded” into the waters around the Sabina Shoal “without approval”, said the People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theatre Command Navy spokesman Yin Gang. The Chinese navy…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}