{
  "id": 8917998,
  "title": "Nearly half of Taiwanese lack confidence in US defence commitments, survey finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/nearly-half-of-taiwanese-lack-confidence-in-us-defence-commitments-8917998",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T12:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3368265/nearly-half-taiwanese-lack-confidence-us-defence-commitments-survey-finds"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nearly half of Taiwanese lack confidence that Washington will continue military aid and arms sales to the island, a new survey shows. The results of the poll were released on Monday, ahead of this week’s summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The poll by Taiwan-based United Daily News found 47 per cent were not confident the United States would continue providing…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Nearly half of Taiwanese lack confidence in US defence commitments, survey finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/nearly-half-of-taiwanese-lack-confidence-in-us-defence-commitments",
        "published": "2026-09-21T12:00:08.000Z"
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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."
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