{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_xznjldgt4cfgpfkf3inq","title":"China Claims Expanded Zone Around Scarborough Shoal, Deploys New Drone","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/china-claims-expanded-zone-around-scarborough-shoal-deploys-new-drone-xznjldgt4c","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_xznjldgt4cfgpfkf3inq","seq":509647,"kind":"article","title":"China Claims Expanded Zone Around Scarborough Shoal, Deploys New Drone","url":"https://news.usni.org/2026/09/28/china-claims-expanded-zone-around-scarborough-shoal-deploys-new-drone","summary":"Chinese forces rehearsed enforcing Beijing’s claim to Scarborough Shoal with drones and boarding drills on Sunday amid state media claims that China has extended its control of several contested maritime features beyond 24 nautical miles. The People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater Command and China Coast Guard held consecutive exercises within and around Scarborough Shoal, which is 120 nautical miles west of the Philippine island of Luzon. Chinese military forces publicly…","published":"2026-09-28T18:51:50Z","seen":"2026-09-28T19:50:00Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-news-usni-org-bd9dcc","name":"news.usni.org","domain":"news.usni.org","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q120128243","name":"Q120128243","type":"website","designations":["news website"]}},"via":"kite-news-usni-org-bd9dcc","topics":["maritime","aviation","china","news & analysis","surface forces","china coast guard","plan","scarborough shoal"],"authors":["Aaron-Matthew Lariosa"],"entities":[{"id":"Q29520","name":"China","type":"place"},{"id":"Q628716","name":"Scarborough Shoal","type":"place"}],"story":"st_xznjldgt4cfgpfkf3inq","category":"conflict-war","category_p":0.550000011920929,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.33000001311302185,"political":0.8199999928474426}]}