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  "id": 6421665,
  "title": "Ex-Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa worked to bridge US-China divide even in final years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/ex-hong-kong-leader-tung-chee-hwa-worked-to-bridge-us-china-divide-6421665",
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  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T12:30:02.000Z",
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    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3366946/ex-hong-kong-leader-tung-chee-hwa-worked-bridge-us-china-divide-even-final-years"
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  "summary": "Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive who died on Tuesday at 89, kept a low profile in the final years of his life, making only a few public appearances but continuing to help bridge the China-US divide. Wearing a face mask and accompanied by his wife Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping, Tung visited the South China Morning Post’s headquarters in Causeway Bay on December 1, 2020, to deliver a…",
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        "published": "2026-09-10T05:31:16.000Z"
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