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As Indonesia Courts Chinese Infrastructure Investments, Locals Are Pushing Back
Tensions have been running high in the usually sleepy villages of Rempang island, as local residents struggle to defend their centuries-old villages from being torn down to make way for an ambitious Chinese-funded industrial and tourism hub. On Monday, around 1,000 people gathered outside the BP Batam building, a government agency that manages construction and development in the region, to protest the eviction of residents for construction of Rempang Eco-City. The industrial park, which in July secured a $11.5 billion commitment from Chinese glass producer Xinyi Group for a quartz sand processing plant, has faced heated opposition from local residents—an estimated 7,500 are set to

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