in a battle for global economic dominance, plenty of countries are paying close attention to what it might mean for them. widodo s indonesia is no exception. from jakarta our asia business correspondent nick marsh, reports. this is a country on the move. super high speed rail has come to indonesia. this was built by chinese engineers and financed with chinese loans. once upon a time indonesia s largest trading partner was the us. that train has left the station. now, it is china. they were given the nod to build this over america s ally and the master tree makers, japan. this train is notjust the testament to chinese engineering, the fact it was chosen overjapan s offer is a vote of confidence in china. the truth is that countries like indonesia are hungry for infrastructure and china is more than happy to provide it. but china cannot provide everything. this is but when s brand new office. the everything. this is but when s brand-new office. the president and i started bra
dominance, plenty of countries are paying close attention to what it might mean for them. widodo s indonesia is no exception. from jakarta our asia business correspondent nick marsh, reports. this is a country on the move. super high speed rail has come to indonesia. this was built by chinese engineers and financed with chinese loans. once upon a time indonesia s largest trading partner was the us. that train has left the station. now, it is china. they were given the nod to build this over america s ally and the master train makers, japan. this train is notjust the testament to chinese engineering, the fact it was chosen overjapan s offer is a vote of confidence in china. the truth is that countries like indonesia are hungry for infrastructure and china is more than happy to provide it. but china cannot provide everything. this is boeing s brand new office injakarta. the president and i started meeting. the relationship goes back a long way. indonesia is wary of the chinese
are paying close attention to what it might mean for them. widodo s indonesia is no exception. from jakarta, our asia business correspondent, nick marsh, reports this is a country on the move. super high speed rail has come to indonesia. whoosh was built by chinese engineers and financed with chinese loans. once upon a time indonesia s largest trading partner was the united states. that train has left the station. now, it is china. they were given the nod to build this over america s ally and the master train makers, japan. this train is notjust the testament to chinese engineering, the fact it was chosen overjapan s offer is a vote of confidence in china. the truth is that countries like indonesia are hungry for infrastructure and china is more than happy to provide it. but china cannot provide everything. this is boeing s brand new office injakarta. presidentjoko and i started meeting when he was governor. the relationship goes back a long way. indonesia is wary of the chin
summit in san francisco. it s their first face to face talks in more than a year, they are expected to discuss the ongoing trade row between the two countries, as well as washington s measures to restrict beijing s access to advanced computer chips. the meeting comes as china s once roaring economy struggles to recover from the the impact of the pandemic. earlier, i spoke to the executive director of the asian trade centre in singapore, deborah elms. she told me this conversation is an important first step. well, i think the most important part is that they ve had a meeting. i mean, that sounds pretty modest, but after a lot of disruption through the trump years and then through the pandemic and through the post pandemic period, just having a conversation between the two leaders is critical to helping stabilise this rocky relationship. we talk a lot about the conflicts and economic differences. but how has this impacted customers and businesses? has there been much of an impa
economic cooperation summit in san francisco. in their first face to face talks in more than a year, they are expected to discuss the ongoing trade row between the two countries, as well as washington s measures to restrict beijing s acess to advanced computer chips. the meeting comes as china s once roaring economy struggles to recover from the the impact of the pandemic. earlier i spoke to the executive director of the asian trade centre in singapore, deborah elms. she told me this conversation is an important first step. well, i think the most important part is that they ve had a meeting. i mean, that sounds pretty modest, but after a lot of disruption that through the trump years and through the trump years and through the trump years and through the pandemic and through the pandemic and through the pandemic and through the post pandemic period, just having a conversation between the two leaders is critical to helping stabilise this rocky relationship.- stabilise this ro