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  "id": 15348344,
  "title": "Southeast Asia’s ethnic Chinese traders feel the China squeeze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/southeast-asias-ethnic-chinese-traders-feel-the-china-squeeze",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T04:00:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3371179/southeast-asias-ethnic-chinese-traders-feel-china-squeeze"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Almost every year, Kevin Stewart flies to China to find stock for his Indonesian businesses. But increasingly, the factories he visits are selling to his customers too, sometimes for less than they charge him. A data science manager in the tech sector by day, the Chinese-Indonesian entrepreneur also helps run home-living and pet-supply companies that sell to other businesses and direct to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Beyond EVs and perception, how China is gaining ground in Central Asia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/beyond-evs-and-perception-how-china-is-gaining-ground-in-central-asia",
        "published": "2026-10-17T22:00:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}