{
  "id": 2302023,
  "title": "China’s ‘smart’ diabetes probiotics; life sentence for Hui Ka-yan: SCMP’s 7 highlights",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/chinas-smart-diabetes-probiotics-life-sentence-for-hui-ka-yan-scmps-7-2302023",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T04:15:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3364744/chinas-smart-diabetes-probiotics-life-sentence-hui-ka-yan-scmps-7-highlights"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chinese researchers have engineered a probiotic that could simplify diabetes care. According to the South China Morning Post, this \"smart\" diabetes probiotic could be available on US shelves within two years.\n\nThe founder and former chairman of China Evergrande Group, Hui Ka-yan, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Shenzhen. The court also confiscated all of Hui's personal property, after finding him guilty of \"multiple combined crimes\".\n\nOther news stories from the region include speculation about the potential exit of Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and its implications for US-China defence ties, a shoving incident in Singapore that sparked debate, and China becoming the first country to recover orbital launch rockets using two distinct paths.",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "China’s ‘smart’ diabetes probiotics; life sentence for Hui Ka-yan: SCMP’s 7 highlights",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/chinas-smart-diabetes-probiotics-life-sentence-for-hui-ka-yan-scmps-7",
        "published": "2026-08-21T04:15:08.000Z"
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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."
}