{
  "id": 2053214,
  "title": "Be wary of defence contractors, Chinese study warns, pointing to US system",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/be-wary-of-defence-contractors-chinese-study-warns-pointing-to-us-2053214",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T01:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3364585/be-wary-defence-contractors-chinese-study-warns-beijing-pointing-us-system"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new study from China has warned Beijing of the danger of defence contractors having too much influence over defence policy, pointing to the profit-driven expansion of the US military-industrial complex as a salutary example. In the study published on Monday, researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s National Institute of Strategic Studies said Washington’s “iron triangle” – linking the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Be wary of defence contractors, Chinese study warns, pointing to US system",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/be-wary-of-defence-contractors-chinese-study-warns-pointing-to-us",
        "published": "2026-08-20T01:00:10.000Z"
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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."
}