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  "id": 7744235,
  "title": "China opens major canal linking landlocked regions to sea",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/china-opens-major-canal-linking-landlocked-regions-to-sea",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T08:22:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/china-open-pinglu-canal-guangxi-gulf-tonkin-6388536"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Four years in the making, the Pinglu Canal cuts the journey to the sea for goods from southwestern China by more than 560km, generating annual transport savings of more than five billion yuan (US$745 million), according to state news agency Xinhua.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "China opens major canal linking southwest to sea, cutting 560-km trade detour",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/china-opens-major-canal-linking-southwest-to-sea-cutting-560-km-trade",
        "published": "2026-09-16T07:39:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "China opens major canal linking landlocked regions to sea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/china-opens-major-canal-linking-landlocked-regions-to-sea-7745758",
        "published": "2026-09-16T08:20:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "China's Pinglu Canal to link landlocked regions with Southeast Asia | All about the trade shortcut",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/chinas-pinglu-canal-to-link-landlocked-regions-with-southeast-asia",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:07:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "China opens major Pinglu Canal, giving landlocked regions a shorter route to the sea and boosting regional trade",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/china-opens-major-pinglu-canal-giving-landlocked-regions-a-shorter",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:46:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "EU hardens its China stance, as trade war risk heightens",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/eu-hardens-its-china-stance-as-trade-war-risk-heightens",
        "published": "2026-09-16T10:53:58.000Z"
      }
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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."
}