Malaysia's relations with China under Mahathir 2.0: Reaffirming bilateral ties, renegotiating economic collaboration, reasserting security interests

• Main Authors: Bing, Ngeow Chow, Jamil, Nur Shahadah
• Format: Article
• Published: World Scientific 2022
• Subjects: JA Political science (General); JZ International relations
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/43590/

This paper examines Malaysia's evolving relations with China during the second Mahathir administration from 2018 to 2020 in political, economic, and security aspects. While much of the foreign media portrayed the unprecedented change of government in May 2018 as an instance of "pushing bac...