{
  "id": 15734216,
  "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-15734216",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-20T10:10:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "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. Early on Tuesday morning, the USS Charleston “illegally intruded” into the waters around Sabina Shoal “without approval”, said Yin Gang, spokesman for the People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theatre Command Navy. The Chinese navy monitored and…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}