{
  "id": 6420437,
  "title": "Beijing tells Manila to ‘stop lying’ after minister exposes South China Sea note",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/beijing-tells-manila-to-stop-lying-after-minister-exposes-south-china-6420437",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-09T11:31:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3366935/beijing-tells-manila-stop-lying-after-minister-exposes-south-china-sea-note"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China has accused Philippine officials of “grandstanding and lying” after Manila’s defence secretary publicly read aloud a Chinese diplomat’s note on the South China Sea that the Philippine minister described as “coercion, bullying and aggression”. “We urge certain people in the Philippines to stop this grandstanding and lying, and to protect China-Philippine relations and the peace and stability…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Beijing tells Manila to ‘stop lying’ after minister exposes South China Sea note",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/beijing-tells-manila-to-stop-lying-after-minister-exposes-south-china",
        "published": "2026-09-09T11:31:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Beijing tells Manila to 'stop lying' after minister exposes South China Sea note",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/beijing-tells-manila-to-stop-lying-after-minister-exposes-south-china",
        "published": "2026-09-10T02:32:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}