{
  "id": 5774613,
  "title": "Taiwan remains Asia’s ‘most dangerous’ issue, former Singaporean diplomat warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/taiwan-remains-asias-most-dangerous-issue-former-singaporean-diplomat-5774613",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T12:30:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3366488/taiwan-remains-asias-most-dangerous-issue-former-singaporean-diplomat-warns"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Asia remains shackled by “mental colonisation” despite accounting for over half the global population, a former UN Security Council president has said, while warning that Taiwan remains the region’s most dangerous flashpoint. “The big mistake that Asians made after the end of colonial rule [is assuming] that the end of physical colonisation would automatically mean the end of mental…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Taiwan remains Asia’s ‘most dangerous’ issue, former Singaporean diplomat warns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/taiwan-remains-asias-most-dangerous-issue-former-singaporean-diplomat",
        "published": "2026-09-05T12:30:05.000Z"
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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."
}