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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 ...
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.
Indonesia in 2017 arrested 419 Chinese and Taiwanese citizens who were involved in a telephone fraud and online investment scam syndicate. They were repatriated to face charges in their homeland ...
As a part of a larger series of measures aimed to aid China’s morale as a U.S. ally, the U.S. Congress repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1943. For a brief period, Chinese immigrants to the ...
Ethnic Chinese, Arab, and Dutch businessmen were specifically targeted during its enforcement to provide a more favorable market for indigenous businesses. [4] This move was met with protests from the Chinese government and some circles of Indonesian society. There were also challenges to the citizenship of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia.
A flood of Chinese products into Indonesia has hit local manufacturers hard, prompting the government to look for ways to placate domestic producers while avoiding angering the country’s biggest ...
Indonesian Chinese businesses are part of the larger bamboo network, a network of overseas Chinese businesses operating in the markets of Southeast Asia that share common family and cultural ties. [164] Pagoda in PIK, North Jakarta. PIK is often the most sought residential area for wealthy Chinese Indonesians, featuring large mansions in ...