{
  "id": 9347555,
  "title": "US Air Force to shut down research centre focusing on Chinese military",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/us-air-force-to-shut-down-research-centre-focusing-on-chinese-military",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T14:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3368540/us-air-force-shut-down-research-centre-focusing-chinese-military"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Air Force is shutting down a major research centre dedicated to open-source analysis of the Chinese military’s air, space, cyber and missile capabilities. The China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) said in a statement on Tuesday that Air University, the US Air Force institution under which it operates, had decided to close the institute, with all of its roles becoming unfunded from…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "US Air Force to shut down research centre focusing on Chinese military",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/us-air-force-to-shut-down-research-centre-focusing-on-chinese-military-9347888",
        "published": "2026-09-23T14:00:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Top PLA generals' ouster removed political danger, says Chinese military mouthpiece",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/top-pla-generals-ouster-removed-political-danger-says-chinese",
        "published": "2026-09-23T17:27:54.000Z"
      }
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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."
}