Indonesian President Joko Widodo is expected to warm toward China in his second term in search of infrastructure funding instead of challenging Chinese sovereignty in a fishery-rich sea between them. “Back then, Jokowi basically said you need to guard Indonesia’s status as a maritime power,” said Assoc Prof Alan Chong at RSIS, referring to Widodo’s first term. The base, he said, “is in line, very clearly in line, with that”.