China Railway Group has won a $4.8bn contract to build and operate an Indonesian coal railway, the latest in a string of offshore contracts for China's state-controlled rail companies.
They have been winning rail projects across the world, including in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and Australia. Chinese companies have also been snapping up global coal assets for the country's power stations.
The deal is also further evidence that the once-frosty ties between East Asia's two largest nations are now rapidly warming. It comes just weeks before Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, is scheduled to make his first visit to Indonesia.
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