{
  "id": 72227,
  "title": "Is China’s climate returning to that of Tang dynasty golden age? Experts warn of a trap",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/is-chinas-climate-returning-to-that-of-tang-dynasty-golden-age-72227",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-03T04:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3362718/chinas-climate-returning-tang-dynasty-golden-age-experts-warn-trap"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In China’s arid northwest, local state media in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region are celebrating a surge of rainfall in an area that usually averages 300mm (about 12 inches) per year. The rain belt moving northwards would bring “climate dividends”, the Ningxia Broadcasting News Centre said last month, promising that “loess soil will turn green and farming area will expand”. Reporting on a…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Is China’s climate returning to that of Tang dynasty golden age? Experts warn of a trap",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/is-chinas-climate-returning-to-that-of-tang-dynasty-golden-age",
        "published": "2026-08-03T04:00:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/experts-say-hegseths-military-testosterone-screening-may-not-boost",
        "published": "2026-08-03T04:46:00.000Z"
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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."
}