[Manthink]

china is ahead when they snatched the HSR proj for Indonesia. Indon will be ASEAN big bro with 280m population and will relied on China for tech and hsr.

From what I had gathered, the Indonesians are increasingly more receptive to HSR solution vs air or sea travels.

The Chinese are aware of the negative narrative some love to put on them on this HSR project. So the Chinese do what is usually they do best - deliver the product and solution the best they can with little complain.

So the Indonesian test out their latest investment last month at 350kph with both a bottle of mineral water and a coin standing on its edge - like many did on China's HSR.  The Indonesian media gone nuts over that video that this is now in their country...

https://youtu.be/q2qtVYVm22U