China building Indonesia into an EV powerhouse – Asia Times

JAKARTA Chief investment minister Luhut Panjaitan has few concerns about Chinas iron grip on Indonesias nickel industry as other major investors flock to a country with the range of mineral elements needed to turn it into one of the worlds leading producers of lithium batteries and electric cars.
We invited everybody and no-one came, except the Chinese, the minister said in a wide-ranging interview that reflected the retired generals consuming vision of Indonesia as a modern industrialized state….

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