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  "id": 16590016,
  "title": "Chinese carmakers overtake Japan in Europe for first time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/chinese-carmakers-overtake-japan-in-europe-for-first-time-16590016",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-26T07:32:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/26/companies/china-carmakers-overtake-japan-europe-market/"
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  "summary": "Registrations of Chinese-branded cars roughly doubled from a year earlier in September to make up 12.7% of total sales across the region.",
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      {
        "outlet": "SCMP Business",
        "title": "BYD to build new factories in Europe to combat strict trade barriers targeting Chinese EVs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/byd-to-build-new-factories-in-europe-to-combat-strict-trade-barriers",
        "published": "2026-10-25T08:00:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Chinese carmakers overtake Japan in Europe for first time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/chinese-carmakers-overtake-japan-in-europe-for-first-time",
        "published": "2026-10-26T07:58:49.000Z"
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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."
}