{
  "id": 15868307,
  "title": "Can China turn national power into world leadership?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/can-china-turn-national-power-into-world-leadership-15868307",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T08:30:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3371409/can-china-turn-national-power-world-leadership"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As turbulence grows in many countries, it is tempting to ask if there is a global hegemon that can sort everything out fairly. US President Donald Trump has threatened that his country would not defend Nato allies if they failed to spend enough on their defence. Together with new trade barriers, his words suggest that the US is scaling back its ambitions for global leadership and concentrating…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}