Looking for Luck on the Silk Road

Indonesian businesspeople are trying to invest in China. The majority come back empty-handed.

April 28, 2010

AN event that took place 19 years ago is still etched in the memory of Sofjan Wanandi. The owner of the Gemala business group went to China and met with Wang Doahan, Mayor of Shanghai. He felt a mixture of happiness and anxiety at the time. He felt happy because he had a chance to express his intentions to invest in the country. But he was also anxious, because when he was still a student at University of Indonesia, as an activist in the genera

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