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In April 2015, the People's Republic of China competed with Japan when the two countries offered their high-speed trains to Indonesia. [4] This competition, according to The Jakarta Post, is part of a geopolitical and economic rivalry between the two countries to gain strategic influence in the Asia-Pacific region. [5]
The proposed LRT system in Jakarta was initially conceived as an alternative to the suspended Jakarta Monorail construction project. The suspension of the monorail project was due to the objection of the Governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, to the construction of the monorail depot above the Setiabudi Reservoir.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).