China should bear in mind that Indonesia is one of China’s strategic partner in the Southeast Asia. Since Indonesia’s position in the geographically and politically important to China, they should not be too harsh to Indonesia. Executing this devaluation policy will imply to both countries relations.
It should be noticed that China is not the only country that Indonesia can cooperate for. There are also Japan and Korea that has developed their economic better. If Indonesia can take benefit with cooperation with both countries, why should Indonesia keep its cooperation with China that ruins Indonesia’s economy?
Instead of forcing this policy, there are both ways that China can do to increase the partnership between Indonesia and China in the next following years.
First, China has to help Indonesia to build its manufacture industry as what Japan has done before in Indonesia. Currently, Indonesia needs a stronger economic sector in our country. If China can build more manufacture industry, Indonesia can reduce its unemployment rate during this hard time. In the other side, Indonesian can learn new technologies in building its manufacture industry.
Second, China needs to help Indonesia to open its manufacturing industry in China. China has enjoyed its economic from Western companies that moves its factory to China. From this policy, China can grow its economic rapidly. Since China’s growth is decreasing, China can open the chance for Southeast Asia conglomerates to open its factory in China, by China’s support.
The second policy will bring a benefit to both countries. In one side, this policy can help China to maintain its economic growth in the next following years. In the other side, Indonesia can get some new alternatives, by opening new factories in China. Both economies will have a chance to develop in the next following years.
Both policies cannot be executed without China‘s contribution. If China can help both, Indonesia will seriously prioritize China as its strategic partner in the future.
Rather than taking a policy that will harm the interest of other countries, China should consider the importance of giving benefits to other countries in their policies, in order to show to the world that China will “peacefully rise” as a developed countries. It will give a chance for China to gain many countries‘s support for their existence in the world.
If China can really consider this principle as important, China can have a bigger probability to enjoy more beneficial relations with their trading partner not only in term of economic relations, but also in political relations.
The writer is founder of the Indonesia Berbicara http://indonesiabicara.weebly.com/
