BERTRAND: Indonesian President Prabowo hails China as the new moral leader of geopolitics President Prabowo Subianto has hailed Indonesia’s deepening ties with China, calling it a “pillar of peace and prosperity” in the Southeast Asia region, in an implicit rebuke of western “imperialism and colonialism.” The speech highlights the deepening rift between the West and the Global South, where China is increasingly seen as the guarantor of independence and a moral authority.