This Strategic Update discusses the progress of China’s Digital Silk Road in Indonesia, a major destination, in both its hard and soft aspects, as well as the potential impact of its implementation. Chinese companies are offering a response to Indonesia’s needs, but concerns exist, especially surrounding security and surveillance, that Indonesia’s increasing reliance on China could also further erode its democracy.

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China’s Digital Silk Road in Indonesia: Progress and implications

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About the author

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat is a research professor at Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies and an assistant professor at Universitas Islam Indonesia. In addition, he is also an associate at Jakarta-based Institute for Development of Economics and Finance. His research focuses on the political economy of China-Indonesia-Middle East relations. Zulfikar received his B.A. in International Affairs from Qatar University and completed M.A. and Ph.D in International Politics from the University of Manchester. He is a Project Associate of the Digital International Relations project at LSE IDEAS.