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09.27.24
Is China’s Cultural Outreach to Muslims in Indonesia Working?
Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim-majority country. So as Beijing ramps up its engagement with the Global South and with the Muslim world, it is unsurprising that it has been reaching out to various Muslim organizations and strengthening its...
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04.02.18What’s Made Indonesian Students Forget the China Taboo?
South China Morning Post
Not that long ago, having a Chinese book was strictly prohibited in Indonesia. But now the country’s young people are attending Chinese universities by the thousands.
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05.08.17How Trump Gave China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Scheme a Boost
South China Morning Post
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ‘Belt and Road’ trade development initiative, always ambitious, has been given a boost by American counterpart Donald Trump’s protectionist trade agenda and isolationist diplomacy.
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10.06.16Indonesia Parades Air-Force Arsenal Over South China Sea
Wall Street Journal
Military exercises are around country’s Natuna Islands, over waters where run-ins with Chinese fishing boats are on the rise
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06.20.16China and Indonesia in Maritime Clash
Financial Times
Southeast Asian nations deeply divided over how to respond to Beijing’s assertive approach.
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03.24.16Indonesia Vows to Prosecute Chinese Trawler Crew in South China Sea Dispute
Guardian
Indonesia won't release eight Chinese fishermen arrested for illegal fishing, and regional tensions are tightening.
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03.21.16Indonesia Protests China's Retrieval of Illegal Fishing Ship
Associated Press
The fishing vessel Kway Fey was being towed when a Chinese coastguard vessel collided with it, allowing its escape.
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02.11.16
When Hong Kong’s Domestic Helpers Need Help
It was at a small, off the record press dinner with a Hong Kong government officer not too long ago at the Summer Palace restaurant in the Shangri-la Hotel. The topic of the day, inevitably, came up for discussion: the minimum wage for domestic...
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01.08.16
The Storm Beneath the Calm: China’s Regional Relations in 2016
On the surface, 2015 came to a close in a moment of relative tranquility after a turbulent year for China’s neighborhood. But the calm is misleading: the optics of regional diplomacy have become increasingly detached from the reality of the...
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10.16.15China to Build $5 Billion High-Speed Rail Line in Indonesia
Bloomberg
China Railway International Co. Ltd and a consortium of Indonesian state companies will build the rail line from Jakarta to Bandung.
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04.24.15China Buzzing Over President's First ‘Selfie’
BBC
The photo was posted by Fadli Zon of the Great Indonesia Movement Party from the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta.
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03.23.15Indonesian President Says China’s Main Claim in South China Sea Has No Legal Basis
Reuters
Jakarta says it wants to remain an "honest broker" in one of Asia's most thorny territorial disputes.