{
  "id": 15875536,
  "title": "Beijing’s top Taiwan official meets US think tank to reaffirm red lines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/beijings-top-taiwan-official-meets-us-think-tank-to-reaffirm-red-lines",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T11:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3371662/beijings-top-taiwan-official-meets-us-think-tank-reaffirm-red-lines"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Beijing’s director of the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO), Song Tao, has held a rare meeting with a delegation of US scholars that pledged to push for the peaceful development of cross-strait ties. During the meeting in Beijing on Tuesday with a delegation from the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) led by its president and CEO, Susan M. Elliott, Song spoke of a broader diplomatic…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Beijing’s top Taiwan official meets US think tank to reaffirm red lines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/beijings-top-taiwan-official-meets-us-think-tank-to-reaffirm-red-lines-15878380",
        "published": "2026-10-21T11:00:11.000Z"
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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."
}