{
  "id": 3046996,
  "title": "Mainland China’s ship activity near Taiwan hits record for third month in a row",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/mainland-chinas-ship-activity-near-taiwan-hits-record-for-third-month-3046996",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T15:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3365081/mainland-chinas-ship-activity-near-taiwan-hits-record-third-month-row"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mainland Chinese government vessel sightings around Taiwan have reached record levels for a third straight month, as Beijing expands its law enforcement footprint east of the island following the announcement in late May of Tokyo-Manila maritime boundary talks over the area. Taiwan’s defence ministry said that in the first 24 days of August it detected mainland coastguard, survey and other…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Mainland China’s ship activity near Taiwan hits record for third month in a row",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/mainland-chinas-ship-activity-near-taiwan-hits-record-for-third-month",
        "published": "2026-08-24T15:00:07.000Z"
      }
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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."
}