{
  "id": 17969638,
  "title": "Chinese court hears US$53.5 billion Covid defamation case against US state of Missouri",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/chinese-court-hears-us-53-5-billion-covid-defamation-case-against-us-17969638",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-03T13:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3373161/chinese-court-hears-us535-billion-covid-defamation-case-against-us-state-missouri"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Chinese court has begun hearings in a defamation case filed by authorities and institutes in Beijing and Wuhan against the US state of Missouri over accusations tied to Covid-19. In a notice on Monday, the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court said it held a hearing on Friday and legal proceedings were continuing. The case was jointly filed on April 30, 2025 by the Wuhan government in Hubei…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}