{
  "id": 164753,
  "title": "‘China doesn’t want these built’: Trump claims Beijing is behind AI data centre protests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/china-doesnt-want-these-built-trump-claims-beijing-is-behind-ai-data-164753",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-05T06:49:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3363022/china-doesnt-want-these-built-trump-claims-beijing-behind-ai-data-centre-protests"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused China of fuelling the growing nationwide backlash against AI data centres, claiming Beijing is promoting resistance because the United States is pulling ahead in the global artificial intelligence race. “A big part of it is China,” Trump told Fox News during a California visit focused on the economy ahead of the midterm elections in November. “Look,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "‘China doesn’t want these built’: Trump claims Beijing is behind AI data centre protests",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/china-doesnt-want-these-built-trump-claims-beijing-is-behind-ai-data",
        "published": "2026-08-05T06:49:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}