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Proof: China, EU ramp up engagement as trade chiefs meet in Beijing

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T16:32:58Z","headline":"China, EU ramp up engagement as trade chiefs meet in Beijing","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"globaltimes","url":"https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202610/1371865.shtml","v":1}

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2b734fb744475071d92c3906057a3045c71522c702e736c42cbf5d4b58eab2fd

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970517, mined 2026-10-08 18:13 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-2b734fb74447.json prints 2b734fb744475071d92c3906057a3045c71522c702e736c42cbf5d4b58eab2fd. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-2b734fb74447.json and headline-2b734fb74447.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-2b734fb74447.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
  3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.