Andre is 20. He did pretty well in the Indon Open, beating Kenneth Jonnassen, and then won the NZ Open. Lost to a senior Malaysian in the Vietnam International Challenge. Fast, speedy player with quite a smash. It's a bit early to say exactly how he'll turn out but he does provide a glimmer of hope for Indonesia. They only really have Taufik now, and he's not performing.
The root of Indonesia's current problems is gross mismanagement. Chinese coaches, or lack of, aren't everything though I won't deny they're a factor. When it comes to mismanagement, they're even worse than Malaysia... As it is, a lot of their young players aren't playing under PBSI.
Fang Kaixiang and the others - if they are 'hua qiao' from Indonesia, that explains a lot. I was wondering what language he uses to communicate with the Indons (was sitting too far away to hear him speak). If you're right (which you probably are
), that solves the language mystery.
I've always thought that it's easier for Malaysia to import coaches from overseas. Language isn't much of a barrier. Most of the players speak English, Malay (and by extension Indonesian), and Chinese. They'll only have to worry about translating/interpreting for Korean coaches.