{
  "id": 8039006,
  "title": "China’s Wang Yi holds phone call with Rubio days before Xi visits US",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/chinas-wang-yi-holds-phone-call-with-rubio-days-before-xi-visits-us-8039006",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T14:13:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3366812/chinas-wang-yi-holds-phone-call-rubio-days-xi-visits-us"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, just a week ahead of President Xi Jinping’s planned trip to the United States. Chinese state news agency Xinhua said in a brief report that the two diplomats held an in-depth discussion on “high-level exchanges” between the two countries. The call is expected to have locked down final details of…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "China’s Wang Yi holds phone call with Rubio days before Xi visits US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/chinas-wang-yi-holds-phone-call-with-rubio-days-before-xi-visits-us",
        "published": "2026-09-17T14:13:32.000Z"
      }
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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."
}