{
  "id": 168882,
  "title": "Bangkok airport apologises after clash with Chinese tourists at boarding gate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/bangkok-airport-apologises-after-clash-with-chinese-tourists-at-168882",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-05T09:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3363027/bangkok-airport-apologises-after-clash-chinese-tourists-boarding-gate"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport has apologised for “inappropriate behaviour” following backlash over an employee making a slant-eyed gesture towards reportedly disruptive Chinese nationals. The apology came soon after Thai authorities insisted that individual clashes would not harm bilateral relations. In a statement on Tuesday night, airport management expressed regret over the “inappropriate…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Bangkok airport apologises after clash with Chinese tourists at boarding gate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/bangkok-airport-apologises-after-clash-with-chinese-tourists-at",
        "published": "2026-08-05T09:00:11.000Z"
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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."
}