{
  "id": 16836248,
  "title": "‘Chinese can actually fly’: man pilots homemade hoverboard over mountains, across Yangtze River",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/chinese-can-actually-fly-man-pilots-homemade-hoverboard-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T02:24:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3372367/chinese-can-actually-fly-man-pilots-homemade-hoverboard-over-mountains-across-yangtze-river"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Gen Z tech influencer from central China has brought science fiction to life by handcrafting a manned hoverboard and teaching himself flight control and mechanical engineering. Song Xingyu, 26, from Enshi, Hubei province, is known online as “Amazing Ayu.” He has amassed more than 3 million social media followers by sharing videos of his aerial inventions. On October 15, Song stunned the…",
  "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."
}