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    "author": "Al Jazeera Staff and AFP",
    "date_published": "2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z",
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    "excerpt": "China is ramping up its presence around Taiwan, in a pattern that Taipei said is designed to 'alter the status quo'.",
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    "title": "\u2018Hybrid warfare\u2019: Taiwan drives away 16 Chinese ships",
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