{
  "id": 3412467,
  "title": "Chinese worker develops severe muscle breakdown after manager punishes her with 200 squats",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/chinese-worker-develops-severe-muscle-breakdown-after-manager",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T02:48:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3365266/chinese-worker-develops-severe-muscle-breakdown-after-manager-punishes-her-200-squats"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Chinese woman developed life-threatening muscle breakdown after her company forced her to perform 200 squats as punishment for unfinished work. The young woman, surnamed Yang, recently moved to Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province and began her first job as a financial consultant at a loan assistance company in June. The role is essentially a tele-sales position. Her team manager,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}