Managing Common Security: Indonesia-China Cooperation in Handling Covid-19 Pandemic

The presence and spread of Covid-19 virus to every corner of the world, including Indonesia, caused a massive change in almost every aspect, especially the global economy. Human activities had to be restricted as a preventive action to avoid the spread of the virus and slowly reduce the country’s economic stability. As one of the countries that handled Covid-19 pandemic, China is cooperating with other countries that experienced a similar crisis, including Indonesia. It shows that in dealing with pandemic, countries need to cooperate. This article discusses the development of bilateral relations between China and Indonesia in Responding to Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the two countries. By using the International Cooperation approach and Bilateralism created the main argument that Indonesia and China have created cooperation in dealing with mutual crises and to revive from the downturn caused by Covid-19 pandemic. Various collaborations began to be carried out and experienced rapid development, not only in the health sector but also in other fields such as economics and infrastructures.