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Steering and Piloting

Having lived and worked in China since 2015, Hendy Yuniarto, a 33-year-old Indonesian, is a keen observer of relations between the two countries. In his opinion, the significance of Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s China trip on July 25 and 26 deserves great attention. “The visit is extraordinary. It is an important diplomatic move to strengthen bilateral relations, as well as part of Indonesia’s preparatory work for the summit of the Group of 20 leading economies it will host later this year,” Yuniarto, a teacher of Indonesian language, at Beijing Foreign Studies University, told Beijing Review.

Widodo was the first foreign head of state to visit China since the Beijing

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