{
  "id": 177181,
  "title": "China jails retired defence tech overseer for 10 years in US$6.3m corruption case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/china-jails-retired-defence-tech-overseer-for-10-years-in-us-6-3m",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T13:48:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3363082/china-jails-retired-defence-tech-overseer-10-years-us63m-corruption-case"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A former senior Chinese defence official has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for accepting over 43 million yuan (US$6.3 million) in bribes, as China’s anti-corruption drive continues it sweep through the military sector. Zhang Jianhua, former deputy head of China’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, was sentenced on Wednesday by the Dazhou…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "China jails retired defence tech overseer for 10 years in US$6.3m corruption case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/china-jails-retired-defence-tech-overseer-for-10-years-in-us-6-3m-177487",
        "published": "2026-08-05T13:48:16.000Z"
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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."
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