{
  "id": 8231652,
  "title": "US hands over 64 smuggled artefacts to China in diplomatic push before leaders’ meeting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/us-hands-over-64-smuggled-artefacts-to-china-in-diplomatic-push",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T11:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368033/us-hands-over-64-smuggled-artefacts-china-diplomatic-push-leaders-meeting"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The United States has returned cultural relics to China ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s coming visit to Washington, a goodwill gesture paving the way for a positive summit and stabilising ties. At the handover ceremony at the Chinese embassy in Washington on Wednesday, China received 58 pieces of cultural relics and palaeontological fossils from the Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "China's offshore yuan hits strongest in four years ahead of Trump-Xi meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/chinas-offshore-yuan-hits-strongest-in-four-years-ahead-of-trump-xi",
        "published": "2026-09-18T05:42:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US hands over 64 smuggled artefacts to China in diplomatic push before leaders’ meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/us-hands-over-64-smuggled-artefacts-to-china-in-diplomatic-push-8232401",
        "published": "2026-09-18T11:00:11.000Z"
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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."
}