{
  "id": 214620,
  "title": "Why was a US Yale graduate hounded out of his job promoting Chinese culture?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/why-was-a-us-yale-graduate-hounded-out-of-his-job-promoting-chinese",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T09:06:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3363174/why-was-us-yale-graduate-hounded-out-his-job-promoting-chinese-culture"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In just two months, Yale graduate Edward Kuperman went from being praised by Chinese state media to being bombarded with accusations that he was a spy. It began with a June 18 article from state news agency Xinhua, in which he was described as an eager 24-year-old sinophile who made the unconventional choice of spurning China’s eastern metropolises and choosing to live in Dunhuang, in the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Why was a US Yale graduate hounded out of his job promoting Chinese culture?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/why-was-a-us-yale-graduate-hounded-out-of-his-job-promoting-chinese-215118",
        "published": "2026-08-06T09:06:04.000Z"
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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."
}