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Despite the Indonesianization, the Hokkien surnames are still used today by the Chinese-Indonesian diaspora overseas (mostly in the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States)—usually by Chinese-Indonesians courageous enough during Suharto's regime to keep their Chinese names (e.g. Kwik Kian Gie; 郭建義)—or by those who couldn't afford ...
Ali Sastroamidjojo, 8th Prime Minister of Indonesia (1953-1955 & 1956-1957) Sutan Sjahrir, 1st Prime Minister of Indonesia (1945-1947)
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.
Chinese Indonesians (Indonesian: Orang Tionghoa Indonesia), or simply Orang Tionghoa or Tionghoa, [7] are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese Indonesians are the fourth largest community of Overseas Chinese in the world after Thailand , Malaysia , and the United States .
Under President Suharto, Indonesia attempted to deconstruct organisations and groups that might represent an internal security threat. As a part of the policy to limit the influence of the Chinese Communists and to encourage the ethnic Chinese to assimilate, the state strongly encouraged Chinese Indonesian individuals to change their names.
There are more than 600 ethnic groups [1] in the multicultural Indonesian archipelago, making it one of the most diverse countries in the world. The vast majority of these belong to the Austronesian peoples, concentrated in western and central Indonesia (), with a sizable minority are Melanesian peoples concentrated in eastern Indonesia ().
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Indonesia was one of 25 other countries that participated in a special registration program for its emigrants which started in 2002 as a response to the September 11 attacks against the U.S. [8] Following the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, there was another surge of immigrants to the East Coast of the U.S. which included many Indonesians.