Tulisan ttg. geo-economics/politics yg menarik dari Nekkei Asian Review, yg tentunya bias karena dari Jepang. Dgn omelannya; Debt dependency dll. Setiap negara punya ahli2 ekonomi. Kalau merasa bisa rugi atau dirugikan, ya tidak peru mengambil projek nya. Bunga pinjaman 2.3% adalah relatif rendah kalau belum di potong inflasi. As simple as that,
Kutipan: TOKYO/LUANG PRABANG, Laos -- When Japanese trading house Itochu https://asia.nikkei.com/Companies/ITOCHU-Corp and train maker Hitachi https://asia.nikkei.com/Companies/Hitachi-Ltd withdrew from a soon-to-be-decided $7 billion tender for a high-speed rail project near Bangkok, it appeared to be another victory for China and its grand plans to connect Southeast Asia with railways. China's high-speed rail ambitions in Southeast Asia don't end in Bangkok, however. Under its planned 3,000-km pan-Asian railway network, Chinese rail lines will extend even further south, stretching through Malaysia and feeding into Singapore. https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cover-Story/Why-China-is-determined-to-connect-Southeast-Asia-by-rail https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cover-Story/Why-China-is-determined-to-connect-Southeast-Asia-by-rail
