{
  "id": 1689927,
  "title": "PLA troops sent gold, New Taiwan and US dollars in ‘wartime financial support’ drill",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/pla-troops-sent-gold-new-taiwan-and-us-dollars-in-wartime-financial-1689927",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:00:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3364423/pla-troops-sent-gold-new-taiwan-and-us-dollars-wartime-financial-support-drill"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The People’s Liberation Army used a drone to deliver cases of cash and gold bars in a field during a “wartime financial support” drill apparently simulating a Taiwan operation, according to a state media report. A multi-rotor drone was used to drop the camouflage cases at designated locations during the exercise conducted by the PLA Eastern Theatre Command, national newspaper Defence Times said…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "PLA troops sent gold, New Taiwan and US dollars in ‘wartime financial support’ drill",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/pla-troops-sent-gold-new-taiwan-and-us-dollars-in-wartime-financial",
        "published": "2026-08-18T10:00:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}