: It has been nearly a year since Indonesia's President, Joko Widodo, formally put his name forward as a candidate for a second term in office.
Infrastructure investment was the President's signature achievement during his first term, with thousands of new kilometres of roads, rail, new air and sea ports built, and billions spent on small-scale projects.Joko has promised more of the same, and a greater focus on healthcare and education during his second term.
Straddling the divide between those two great powers, and ensuring that his nation's economy is not collateral damage in a trade war, will be a difficult task for Joko. Joko has said, as have other regional leaders such as Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham, that he wants to see theAccommodating the demands and appeasing the concerns of all 10 ASEAN member nations, as well as Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, India and New Zealand to land that deal means the target end date looks optimistic.
At present, there is only one Chinese-backed Belt and Road Infrastructure project underway in Indonesia - a high speed rail from Jakarta to Bandung - and that has fallen hopelessly behind schedule.
jamesmassola I really disliked jokowi because of the execution of the 2 Australians but he’s proving himself as the leader Indonesia needs at this point in it’s history .Apart from the sad executions which were politically driven he is doing the best he can under many internal pressures
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