Indonesia turns to China for growth

Jakarta: Indonesia may have recently become a major market for Chinese mobile phone makers Xiaomi and Oppo, but this so far has not changed the attitudes of many Indonesians who still look down on made-in-China products because of their reputation for being inferior.

At the same time, many others may have felt irritated after media reports surfaced on the alleged flow of illegal Chinese labour across the archipelago, refuelling anti-Chinese sentiments that once triggered bloody riots in the country back in 1998.