2018/57 11 May 2018
As Malaysia’s largest trade and investment partner, China is hugely important to the country’s economic development. However, even though Mahathir was the architect of the country’s China-friendly policy in the early 1990s, he has been highly critical of his predecessor Najib Razak’s relations with Beijing, arguing that Malaysia has become too dependent on China.
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“Whither Malaysia’s China Policy Under Prime Minister Mahathir?” by Ian Storey
2018/57 11 May 2018