{
  "id": 1624132,
  "title": "The myth of Chinese tolls in the western Pacific",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/the-myth-of-chinese-tolls-in-the-western-pacific",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T03:36:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/08/the-myth-of-chinese-tolls-in-the-western-pacific/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 2025 US National Security Strategy (NSS) asserts that America must prevent China from establishing “tolls” in the South China Sea to preserve the freedom of navigation. Half a year later, practically the entire national security establishment is fixated on the issue of maritime “tolls” — those Iran seeks to impose in the Strait of […] The post The myth of Chinese tolls in the western Pacific…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}