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Chinese Indonesian restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Emigration by Chinese Indonesians became significant after Indonesian independence in 1945. Large numbers of Chinese Indonesians repatriated to China, Taiwan and Hong Kong throughout the following years, while others moved to more industrialized regions around the world.
On 5 August 1973, a riot in Bandung, West Java, caused by three Chinese Indonesian teenagers beating another driver to death after a minor traffic accident, led to the looting and destruction of more than 1,500 Chinese Indonesian-owned shops and houses. The riots were not stopped by the local military; and nineteen soldiers were arrested for ...
Chinese: The most significant ethnic minority of foreign origin in Indonesia, officially amounting to around 2.8 million, with other sources estimating them at anywhere between 2 and 4 million. Chinese people began migrating to Indonesia in the 16th century, with significant waves in the 19th and 20th centuries.
A new documentary project, “Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey” (Aku, Monyet Kesayangan Ibuku), helmed by director Ivonne Kani, examines Chinese-Indonesian identity through the lens of ...
The Chinese-Indonesian community was believed to have loyalties to both China and Indonesia, a sign that they had no national patriotism and were labeled as "traitors". [95] During Suharto's New Order rule, multiple laws were passed against the ethnic Chinese community in Indonesia. These laws included prohibiting speaking any Chinese dialect ...
A letter requesting a name change, in accordance with Cabinet Presidium Decision 127 of 1966. Indonesia's Legislation on Chinese Indonesians were conducted through a series of constitutional laws and directives enacted by the Government of Indonesia to enforce cultural assimilation of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia with the wider Indonesian society.
Ethnic Chinese were one of the minority groups targeted by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian genocide. [66] Indonesia forced Chinese people to adopt Indonesian names after the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66. [67] In Vietnam, all Chinese names can be pronounced by Sino-Vietnamese readings.
Khouw Keng Nio, first woman aviator in China and Indonesia (qualified in March 1936). Kwee Kiat Sek, football player, part of squad Indonesia in 1956 Olympic in Melbourne. Liang Qiuxia (梁秋霞), badminton star of China, later become a citizen of Indonesia and Indonesian coach. Liem Swie King (林水鏡), badminton player.