{
  "id": 3025141,
  "title": "US, China diplomats clash over tech spying and trade hub claims in Latin America",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/us-china-diplomats-clash-over-tech-spying-and-trade-hub-claims-in-3025141",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T13:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3365055/us-china-diplomats-clash-over-tech-spying-and-trade-hub-claims-latin-america"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Diplomats for China and the US in Latin America have traded brickbats on social media over alleged espionage risks posed by Chinese tech firms in the region, in the latest sign of the two powers’ unfolding strategic tensions in the western hemisphere. US assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs Juan Pablo Segura named telecoms giants Huawei Technologies, ZTE and Hytera,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "US, China diplomats clash over tech spying and trade hub claims in Latin America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/us-china-diplomats-clash-over-tech-spying-and-trade-hub-claims-in",
        "published": "2026-08-24T13:00:06.000Z"
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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."
}