China Invests Billions In Indonesia, Even As Natuna Islands Tensions Brew | China & The Global S

China has set its sights on the Global South, and on ASEAN - the Association of Southeast Asia Nations - one of the fastest growing regions in the world.

For its next stage of economic growth, Indonesia wants to pursue “downstreaming.” China will have a key role to play in this national plan to set up battery and electric vehicle plants. But with issues in the Natuna Islands still unresolved, will it hamper Indonesia-China economic partnership?

00:00 Introduction
02:22 Indonesia's potential
04:19 Complex China-Indonesia relationship
05:05 Partnership to build high-speed trains
08:58 China-Indonesia relationship under President Prabowo
09:47 Indonesia joins BRICs
11:44 Economic growth in the last decade
12:29 How China helped Indonesia grow its industries
13:49 Indonesia's downstreaming plans
16:34 Who is investing in Indonesia?
18:00 Perspectives from US and China
19:22 Natunas South China Sea issue
22:07 How do Indonesians view China?

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About the series: As relations with the US worsens, China focuses its efforts on the Global South. A region representing about 85 percent of the world's population and about 39 percent of global GDP. How will this impact superpower rivalry?
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