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  "title": "Pentagon designates China-funded Confucius Institutes as US national security threat",
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  "published": "2026-10-24T01:27:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused China-funded Confucius Institutes of stealing intellectual property and spreading propaganda on American university campuses.",
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        "title": "Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes in US a national security threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/pentagon-designates-confucius-institutes-in-us-a-national-security",
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes in US a national security threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/pentagon-designates-confucius-institutes-in-us-a-national-security",
        "published": "2026-10-24T00:28:52.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Pentagon designates China-backed campus cultural centers a threat to US national security",
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        "published": "2026-10-24T01:21:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes a national security threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/pentagon-designates-confucius-institutes-a-national-security-threat",
        "published": "2026-10-24T03:38:20.000Z"
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