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Proof: What China’s Lop Nur desert base expansion means for PLA jets in race with US

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550c4b98e2cb446309f635d2ef1522b36832e0ff7fc1bc154e6a5ca3b5a0d9f5

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-550c4b98e2cb.json prints 550c4b98e2cb446309f635d2ef1522b36832e0ff7fc1bc154e6a5ca3b5a0d9f5. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. There is no OpenTimestamps receipt for this record yet.
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.

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