Trump Indonesia project latest stop on China's Belt and Road

A billion-dollar Indonesian real estate development with ties to Donald Trump has become the latest project in China's globe-spanning Belt and Road infrastructure project -- just as Washington and Beijing are tussling over trade.

US President-elect Donald Trump boards the elevator in Trump Tower in New York City, Jan 16, 2017. Source: DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images

A subsidiary of Chinese state-owned construction firm Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) signed a deal with Indonesia's MNC Land to build a theme park outside Jakarta as part of the ambitious project, the company said in a statement last Thursday.

Map showing key cities and ports in the Belt and Road Initiative. Source: Getty Images

The deal is the latest to raise questions about the extent of Trump's financial exposure to Beijing.

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