On May 12, 2026, the China Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia issued a sharply worded open letter to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, saying that Chinese firms operating locally have been burdened by stringent regulations, arbitrary law enforcement, and corruption and extortion by state officials. Those claims were reported by Reuters, Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao and Indonesia’s […] The post Indonesia’s nickel nationalism falters in the face of China’s tech appeared first on Asia Times .