{
  "id": 16895256,
  "title": "China’s military holds talks in France and Germany despite rising trade tensions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/chinas-military-holds-talks-in-france-and-germany-despite-rising-16895256",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-28T11:43:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3372465/chinas-military-holds-talks-france-and-germany-despite-rising-trade-tensions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has held defence strategy consultations with France and Germany over the past week despite mounting trade tensions between Beijing and Europe. A PLA strategy consultation delegation visited France and Germany from October 21 to 28 for the talks, according to a statement released by China’s defence ministry on Wednesday. The Chinese delegation engaged in in-depth…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "As China's Communist Party holds plenum, Xi's anti-corruption drive continues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/as-chinas-communist-party-holds-plenum-xis-anti-corruption-drive",
        "published": "2026-10-27T14:16:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}