Jokowi seeks support from China for Indonesia's new capital

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, meets with China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Jakarta on Feb. 22. (Photo courtesy of Presidential Secretariat)

NANA SHIBATA and ISMI DAMAYANTI, Nikkei staff writers

JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met with China's new foreign minister, Qin Gang, in Jakarta on Wednesday, seeking stronger economic ties with Indonesia's largest foreign investor, including in Nusantara, the new capital that Widodo is planning on the island of Borneo.

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