OUR SEA NEIGHBORS: Indonesia-China Relations, 2021

A composite Image of the Flags of Indonesia and China, original Images from Wikimedia Commons

February 2, 2022: Trade between China and Indonesia rose by 58% in 2021 to Usd 124 billion. Indonesia exported Usd 64 billion and imported Usd 61 billion to and from China last Year (2021). Just to compare, the Philippines’ Trade with China was only at around Usd 30 billion in 2020, or four times less than that of Indonesia and China

SOURCE: Indonesia records Trade Surplus of US$2.92 billion with China {Archived Link}

December 27, 2021: The Indonesian Domestic Airline TransNusa will be the first non-Chinese Airline to use the ARJ21-700 Passenger Jet Aircraft made by the Chinese Company Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) 

SOURCE: Indonesian airline TransNusa first non-Chinese airline to receive COMAC ARJ21-700s {Archived Link}

December 27, 2021: No less than Indonesia’s President himself, Joko Widodo, attended the inauguration of a brand new Ferro-Nickel Processing Plant worth Usd 2.7 billion owned by the local Unit of the Chinese Company Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry in the Sulawesi Province recently

SOURCE: Indonesia President launches US$2.7 billion China-backed Ferronickel Plant {Archived Link}

December 10, 2021: The Government of Indonesia is inviting the Chinese Company Huawei Technologies Company Limited for Partnerships in various Fields like Digitalization, 5G, Artificial Intelligence and New Energy

SOURCE: Indonesia invites Huawei to develop digitalization {Archived Link}

November 1, 2021: Indonesia has authorized the use of the CoronaVac Vaccine for the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) made by the Chinese Company Sinovac Biotech Ltd for Children aged 6 to 11 Years Old

SOURCE: Indonesia authorises Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine for Children aged 6-11 {Archived Link}

October 22, 2021: Indonesia is now the main Coal Supplier of China, supplying 2/3rds or 67% of China’s Imported Coal  

SOURCE: Indonesia is huge Supplier to China {Archived Link}

October 18, 2021: While the 2 Filipino Dogs of the Americans in President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet were faster than Lightning to embrace the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) Alliance, Malaysia and Indonesia reiterated their rightful concern that it would start an Arms Race in Asia

SOURCE: Indonesia and Malaysia jointly amplify warning about AUKUS Pact {Archived Link}

September 23, 2021: The Chinese Company Chengxin Lithium said recently that they will be buying a 65% Ownership in a Company in Indonesia that will be making Lithium Chemicals. The total worth of the Project is Usd 350 million 

SOURCE: China's Chengxin to invest in Lithium Project in Indonesia {Archived Link}

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