{
  "id": 6752656,
  "title": "Beijing lodges diplomatic protests over Taiwan official’s visit to Italy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/beijing-lodges-diplomatic-protests-over-taiwan-officials-visit-to-6752656",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T11:27:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367234/beijing-lodges-diplomatic-protests-over-taiwan-officials-visit-italy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Beijing has strongly condemned a visit to Italy by senior Taiwanese officials and lodged formal diplomatic protests with both Rome and Brussels. Criticising the visit on Friday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Beijing had submitted “serious representations against Italy and the European Union” following reports that Taiwan’s No 2 official, Hsiao Bi-khim, had arrived in Italy to attend…",
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      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "China angered by Taiwan VP's visit to EU democracy forum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/china-angered-by-taiwan-vps-visit-to-eu-democracy-forum",
        "published": "2026-09-11T10:02:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tempo.co English",
        "title": "China Angered by Taiwan VP's Visit to EU Democracy Forum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/china-angered-by-taiwan-vps-visit-to-eu-democracy-forum-6746274",
        "published": "2026-09-11T10:24:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Beijing lodges diplomatic protests over Taiwan official’s visit to Italy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/beijing-lodges-diplomatic-protests-over-taiwan-officials-visit-to",
        "published": "2026-09-11T11:27:05.000Z"
      }
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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."
}