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Trade, G20 Issues Top Agenda in an Otherwise Uneventful China-Indonesia Presidential Meeting

by Eric Olander
Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting with visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Image via Xinhua.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry described Tuesday’s summit between President Xi Jinping and visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo as “cordial and friendly.” Overall, the meeting between the leaders seemed bland and uneventful.

That’s probably precisely what both sides wanted.

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