Comrade Xi’s Global Ambition
Under President Xi Jinping, China ramps up massive infrastructure development at home. They expand business and investment to Indonesia through the Belt and Road Initiative Program, trampling local cement and steel producers along the way.
Gabriel Wahyu Titiyoga
July 12, 2021
NOVI Basuki remembers how the Chinese authorities were quick to fix the cracked highway in front of his campus. The doctorate candidate from the Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, saw the road returned to normal within a day after the report was submitted. “They do work fast,” said Novi on Thursday, July 8.
The swiftness of road repairing, according to Novi, illustrates China’s capability and resources in infrastru...