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Cyber & Technology April 26, 2026 259 stories in this edition

Muddy yet clear-cut: How Chinese investors are turning jungle into Indonesia’s new capital

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Ralph Jennings
Muddy yet clear-cut: How Chinese investors are turning jungle into Indonesia’s new capital

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After an hour’s drive through the jungle of Borneo, you reach more jungle. Your rental van from the Balikpapan city airport shakes precariously, navigating a partial bridge washout. A roadside sign admonishes against poaching the endangered sun bears. By hour three you’ve arrived at Indonesia’s new capital, which is due to start taking over from gridlocked, polluted and seaward-sinking Jakarta in 2028. Welcome to Ibu...

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After an hour’s drive through the jungle of Borneo, you reach more jungle. Your rental van from the Balikpapan city airport shakes precariously, navigating a partial bridge washout. A roadside sign admonishes against poa...

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