{
  "id": 17220032,
  "title": "Beijing drills water cannons and drones near disputed South China Sea shoals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/beijing-drills-water-cannons-and-drones-near-disputed-south-china-sea",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T11:39:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3372764/beijing-drills-water-cannons-and-drones-near-disputed-south-china-sea-shoals"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China’s coastguard has carried out an exercise featuring water cannons and drones near two disputed reefs at the centre of its simmering South China Sea contention with the Philippines to prepare for “foreign infringement”, according to state media. A China Coast Guard flotilla “recently” conducted “comprehensive maritime law-enforcement training” in the waters around Second Thomas Shoal and…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/rm5bil-china-loan-redirected-to-perak-water-project",
        "published": "2026-10-30T09:51:54.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}