{
  "id": 1815278,
  "title": "How China got caught in the crossfire of a US bacon fight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/how-china-got-caught-in-the-crossfire-of-a-us-bacon-fight-1815278",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T22:06:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3364487/how-china-got-caught-crossfire-us-bacon-fight"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Midwestern Americans watching television this summer may have been surprised to see China and bacon appearing together in political advertisements. “The corrupt Save Our Bacon scam in the farm bill – it’s a giveaway to Chinese corporations,” one advertisement declared over images of the Chinese flag and Chinese President Xi Jinping. “Whose side is your senator on? America or China?” Viewers might…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "How China got caught in the crossfire of a US bacon fight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/how-china-got-caught-in-the-crossfire-of-a-us-bacon-fight",
        "published": "2026-08-18T22:06:37.000Z"
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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."
}