BLUF
China is steadily shaping Indonesia’s development choices—making neutrality harder to sustain—by linking growth, finance and political recognition in ways that quietly raise the cost of resisting Beijing’s core interests.Learning Outcomes
• Recognise how economic interdependence shapes strategic choice without formal commitments.
• Assess how infrastructure and supply chains can become sources of leverage in crises.
• Apply lessons on preserving decision space through domestic resilience and diversification.
