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Saturday, April 18, 2009

China courts Indonesia with missiles

C-802 surface-to-surface missileChina's success in establishing a "strategic partnership" with Southeast Asian countries has relied heavily on its effective diplomacy with Indonesia, which it has pursued diligently in recent years.

Indonesia had a strong anti-China policy in the 1960s due to China's backing of the Communist Party of Indonesia against the government.

The two countries had no diplomatic relations from 1967 till 1990. Now, however, Indonesia has close military, political and diplomatic ties with China.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete20/4/09 13:34

    Hi Kobus

    Great minds think alike. See my post on this at http://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2009/04/chinas-strategic-ties-with-indonesia.html

    Pete

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