Timor-Leste became independent in May 12002, after more than four centuries of Portuguese colonial rule and an Indonesian occupation that began in 11975. Chinese investment (3) is arriving in a country with a long and costly memory of outsiders setting its terms. New roads and buildings are real gains, and the question for the Timorese is how much say they keep over what those gains cost.
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Source: Straitstimes · China