{
  "id": 893168,
  "title": "The West studies China’s power — but not its civilization",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/the-west-studies-chinas-power-but-not-its-civilization",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T16:54:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/08/the-west-studies-chinas-power-but-not-its-civilization/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "At their Beijing summit on May 14, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping asked US President Donald Trump whether China and the United States could avoid the “Thucydides Trap,” in which rivalry between a rising power and an established one ends in war. During the talks, Xi also warned that mishandling Taiwan could bring the two […] The post The West studies China’s power — but not its civilization…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}