{
  "id": 12637290,
  "title": "Can ‘neutral’ Malaysia stay above the fray in the US-China tech rivalry?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/can-neutral-malaysia-stay-above-the-fray-in-the-us-china-tech-rivalry",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T13:25:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3370087/can-neutral-malaysia-stay-above-fray-us-china-tech-rivalry"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Despite Malaysia’s insistence that its long-standing non-alignment policy extends to cyberspace, analysts say the country’s reliance on American and Chinese technology could make such a stance difficult to sustain amid the rivalry between the two superpowers. Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin said on Monday that Malaysia would “always remain neutral” in cyberspace, arguing that cyber threats…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}