{
  "id": 16887978,
  "title": "China’s former vice-premier Liu Yandong dies at age 80",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/chinas-former-vice-premier-liu-yandong-dies-at-age-80-16887978",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-28T10:09:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3372453/chinas-former-vice-premier-liu-yandong-dies-beijing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former Chinese vice-premier Liu Yandong died of illness on Wednesday at the age of 80. She was one of China’s most prominent female leaders, playing a pivotal role in the country’s united front work and education sector. The official obituary released by Xinhua described Liu as an “outstanding leader in the [Communist] Party’s united front work, in China’s education, science and technology,…",
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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."
}