{
  "id": 5209480,
  "title": "How China is paying big bucks to target Ottawa power brokers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/how-china-is-paying-big-bucks-to-target-ottawa-power-brokers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T00:12:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Toronto Sun",
    "slug": "toronto-sun",
    "url": "https://torontosun.com/news/national/how-china-is-paying-big-bucks-to-target-ottawa-power-brokers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "'If you want to influence a policy conversation, you don’t necessarily need a mass audience — you need the right audience,' said former Canadian diplomat Alan Kessel, referring to the dozens of editorials China's embassy in Ottawa paid to publish in the niche Ottawa-bubble newspaper The Hill Times",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "US lawmakers target China, birth tourism as citizenship fight intensifies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/us-lawmakers-target-china-birth-tourism-as-citizenship-fight",
        "published": "2026-09-02T22:18:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "ICPC explores China’s anti-graft model to fight corruption",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/icpc-explores-chinas-anti-graft-model-to-fight-corruption",
        "published": "2026-09-02T23:14:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}