{
  "id": 3702902,
  "title": "What China can do to secure trade routes in its coming high-seas struggle with US",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/what-china-can-do-to-secure-trade-routes-in-its-coming-high-seas-3702902",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-27T07:55:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3365443/what-china-can-do-secure-trade-routes-its-coming-high-seas-struggle-us"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "China should forge a national consensus on “regaining mastery of the oceans” and direct overseas investment returns into defence spending to brace for sea-power competition with the US, according to a prominent Chinese academic. Di Dongsheng, associate dean of Renmin University’s school of international studies in Beijing, warned on Tuesday that as economic ties between the United States, the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "What China can do to secure trade routes in its coming high-seas struggle with US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/what-china-can-do-to-secure-trade-routes-in-its-coming-high-seas",
        "published": "2026-08-27T07:55:56.000Z"
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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."
}