{
  "id": 18690306,
  "title": "China ‘Goddess of Mercy’ drone send-off reveals modern shift in funeral services",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/china-goddess-of-mercy-drone-send-off-reveals-modern-shift-in-funeral",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T10:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3373629/china-goddess-mercy-drone-send-reveals-modern-shift-funeral-services"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Videos showing a glowing Guanyin, or Goddess of Mercy, carried by a drone and another similar device disguised as a crane have attracted significant attention on Chinese social media. Together, the two devices recreate the traditional funeral send-off in which the deceased is said to “ascend to heaven.” In China, a common euphemism for someone who has died is that they have “ridden a crane to the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "El Niño: China donates powerful DJI T50 rescue drone to Kenya Red Cross as flood fears grow",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/el-nino-china-donates-powerful-dji-t50-rescue-drone-to-kenya-red",
        "published": "2026-11-07T08:45:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}