guangxi academy: Prabowo Subianto, the former general who has vowed to review China's investment in Indonesia, is challenging incumbent leader Joko Widodo for presidency of Southeast Asia's largest economy, according to Global Times China. China's growing economic influence has become a key issue in many Asian countries ... with some opposition politicians winning support after they criticized incumbent leaders for their China policies, said Gu Xiaosong, a research fellow on Southeast Asian studies at the Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences. Photo AFP Indonesia kicks off presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday, with the Chinese influence on the country in the spotlight. A 6 billion high-speed railway linking the capital Jakarta and mountain-fringed Bandung - the third biggest city in the country, has been put under scrutiny by the opposition, as Subianto said he will re-evaluate the contract if elected. Zhu Zhenming, a professor at the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, said it was too early to know if Subianto would take an outright anti-China posture if he takes office. Analysts believe that no matter who wins the election, infrastructure cooperation between the two countries is inevitable.
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