Beijing’s belt and road becomes Indonesian election fodder
Supporters at the final campaign rally of incumbent president Joko Widodo, from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle , at Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta yesterday. Indonesia is set to hold its parliamentary and presidential elections on Wednesday. – EPA pic, April 14, 2019.
INDONESIA has become the latest election battleground for Beijing’s soaring economic clout, as the opposition warns pro-China policies are saddling the mineral-rich archipelago with bad debt as it is sold off piecemeal to foreign interests. Business links with top trade partner China have been thrust into the spotlight by ex-general Prabowo Subianto, who is challenging Indonesian leader Joko “Jokowi” Widodo for the presidency of Southeast Asia’s largest economy on Wednesday.
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