{
  "id": 559171,
  "title": "Chinese paratrooper killed in Qinghai exercise as Beijing acknowledges casualties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/chinese-paratrooper-killed-in-qinghai-exercise-as-beijing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T11:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3363673/chinese-paratrooper-killed-qinghai-exercise-beijing-acknowledges-casualties"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Beijing has confirmed that a 23-year-old paratrooper died in a training accident in northwestern China, a revelation that follows recent reports of several accidents and deaths in its military. State media said on Sunday that Xia Shiyuan, of Huaiyuan county in Anhui province, was involved in an incident shortly after leaving an airborne aircraft during a scheduled training exercise in Golmud,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Chinese paratrooper killed in Qinghai exercise as Beijing acknowledges casualties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/chinese-paratrooper-killed-in-qinghai-exercise-as-beijing-560158",
        "published": "2026-08-11T11:00:11.000Z"
      }
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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."
}