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Switch to China on Indonesian Rail Line Angers Japanese

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Oct 14, 2015
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The Indonesian government is feeling the heat after Japanese investors reportedly have threatened to relocate factories and reconsider investment plans after a 150 km. fast-train project from Jakarta to Bandung was given to Chinese investors. The Japanese side thought they had won the deal.

Strangely, neither China nor Indonesia has officially announced …

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