{
  "id": 16749613,
  "title": "China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun to miss Asean defence talks as fifth plenum convenes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/chinas-defence-minister-dong-jun-to-miss-asean-defence-talks-as-fifth-16749613",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T12:12:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3372323/chinas-defence-minister-dong-jun-miss-asean-defence-talks-fifth-plenum-convenes"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun will skip this week’s meeting of Southeast Asian defence chiefs and their dialogue partners in Cebu, with Beijing instead sending its defence attache in the Philippines. Dong has attended the Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) for the past two years. This year’s ADMM and ADMM-Plus, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, coincide with a major…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}