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  "id": 16154453,
  "title": "US colleges scale back cooperation with Chinese institutions after Pentagon's push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/us-colleges-scale-back-cooperation-with-chinese-institutions-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T05:47:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261023/us-colleges-scale-back-cooperation-with-chinese-institutions-after-pentagons-push"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Virginia Tech is accelerating the closure of a joint undergraduate program with China's Xidian University, bringing forward the end of a partnership that it had previously planned to keep running until 2029, according to a university spokesperson and a copy of an official letter reviewed by the South China Morning Post. This decision comes as the Pentagon's push to tighten oversight of US…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US colleges scale back cooperation with Chinese institutions after Pentagon’s push",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/us-colleges-scale-back-cooperation-with-chinese-institutions-after",
        "published": "2026-10-21T19:38:29.000Z"
      }
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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."
}