Will other Southeast Asian countries follow Indonesia’s example with joint China drill?
China and Indonesia’s recent joint naval exercise east of Taiwan has prompted speculation that other Southeast Asian countries may follow suit.
Last Wednesday’s drill – which one observer said may “lower the political threshold” for neighbouring countries – was followed by a meeting of the two countries’ foreign and defence ministers on Friday, where they discussed further military cooperation and a range of other topics, such as food security.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Indonesia was...
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