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Agustinus Da Costa, Kate Lamb, and Tom Allard SYDNEY/JAKARTA – China ordered Indonesia not to drill for oil or in any maritime territory they claim as theirs in a standoff that lasted months in the South China Sea. The incident was reported by four persons familiar with the matter. This unprecedented demand was not reported before and raised tensions between the countries over natural resources in an area of volatile global strategic economic and political importance. According to Muhammad Farhan (an Indonesian lawmaker who is part of parliament’s security committee), a Chinese diplomat sent a letter to Indonesia instructing it...
