Indonesia’s Prabowo's Careful Balance on First Overseas Visit

President-elect seeks to get jump on diplomacy despite not coming into office for another six months

By: Ainur Rohmah

First grip-and-grin in Beijing

Prabowo Subianto, who won’t become Indonesia’s president until October despite being declared the winner in the February 14 national elections, has already begun to prepare for his five-year term with a whirlwind series of state visits in defiance of critics who said the trip was premature, meeting with Chin…