{
  "id": 4500771,
  "title": "Montana in the Middle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/montana-in-the-middle",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Wire China",
    "slug": "the-wire-china",
    "url": "https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/08/30/red-china-and-red-state-montana-its-complicated/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "From Mike Mansfield to Max Baucus and Steve Daines, Montana has been the unlikely source of America’s most influential China-hand senators over the past half-century. But amidst spy balloons, trade wars and mutual paranoia, being a proponent for rational and beneficial relations between the two countries has never been harder. The post Montana in the Middle appeared first on The Wire China .",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}