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  "id": 4152140,
  "title": "10 years, 1,800 survey sites: inside China’s hi-tech push to map linguistic diversity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/10-years-1-800-survey-sites-inside-chinas-hi-tech-push-to-map-4152140",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-29T09:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3365572/10-years-1800-survey-sites-inside-chinas-hi-tech-push-map-linguistic-diversity"
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  "summary": "Speak a few sentences of your hometown dialect into a microphone at a museum in central China, and a machine will pinpoint exactly where you are from. The interactive voice-recognition booth is among star attractions at a new language resources hall that opened on Monday at the Hunan Museum in Changsha. The hall showcases recordings and other language materials from Chinese dialects, minority…",
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      {
        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "Inside Lynas Rare Earths and the race to build supply chains beyond China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/inside-lynas-rare-earths-and-the-race-to-build-supply-chains-beyond",
        "published": "2026-08-29T04:00:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "10 years, 1,800 survey sites: inside China’s hi-tech push to map linguistic diversity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/10-years-1-800-survey-sites-inside-chinas-hi-tech-push-to-map",
        "published": "2026-08-29T09:00:08.000Z"
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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."
}