{
  "id": 17973392,
  "title": "Top Chinese general meets Russian defence minister days after Politburo appointment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/top-chinese-general-meets-russian-defence-minister-days-after-17973392",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-03T13:35:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3373176/top-chinese-general-meets-russian-defence-minister-days-after-politburo-appointment"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Zhang Shengmin, China’s most senior uniformed general, met Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov in Beijing on Tuesday in his first publicly reported meeting with a foreign official since he became a member of the Politburo. Zhang, the vice-chairman of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), pledged to deepen military cooperation and strategic coordination with Russia during the meeting at…",
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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."
}