{
  "id": 2103804,
  "title": "China real estate giant Xu Jiayin sentenced to life in prison",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/china-real-estate-giant-xu-jiayin-sentenced-to-life-in-prison",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T06:27:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260820-china-reast-estate-giant-xu-jiayin-sentenced-to-life-in-prison"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world's most-indebted property developer, was sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court on Thursday, five years after the firm's collapse shook the nation's economy and financial markets.",
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  },
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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."
}