Ethnic Chinese in Contemporary Indonesia

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The฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies฀(ISEAS)฀was฀established฀as฀an฀autonomous฀ organization฀in฀1968.฀It฀is฀a฀regional฀centre฀dedicated฀to฀the฀study฀of฀socio-political,฀ security฀and฀economic฀trends฀and฀developments฀in฀Southeast฀Asia฀and฀its฀wider฀ geostrategic฀and฀economic฀environment.฀The฀Institute’s฀research฀programmes฀are฀the฀ Regional฀Economic฀Studies฀(RES,฀including฀ASEAN฀and฀APEC),฀Regional฀Strategic฀ and฀Political฀Studies฀(RSPS),฀and฀Regional฀Social฀and฀Cultural฀Studies฀(RSCS). ฀ ISEAS฀Publishing,฀an฀established฀academic฀press,฀has฀issued฀almost฀2,000฀books฀ and฀journals.฀It฀is฀the฀largest฀scholarly฀publisher฀of฀research฀about฀Southeast฀Asia฀from฀ within฀the฀region.฀ISEAS฀Publishing฀works฀with฀many฀other฀academic฀and฀trade฀ publishers฀and฀distributors฀to฀disseminate฀important฀research฀and฀analyses฀from฀and฀ about฀Southeast฀Asia฀to฀the฀rest฀of฀the฀world. The฀Chinese฀Heritage฀Centre฀was฀established฀in฀May฀1995฀to฀promote฀knowledge฀and฀ understanding฀of฀people฀of฀Chinese฀descent฀outside฀China฀and฀their฀heritage฀through฀ research,฀publications,฀conferences฀and฀exhibitions.฀It฀also฀houses฀the฀Wang฀Gungwu฀ Library฀which฀has฀a฀specialized฀focus฀on฀the฀Chinese฀overseas฀and฀their฀heritage.฀As฀the฀ first฀organization฀to฀specialize฀in฀the฀study฀of฀Chinese฀communities฀outside฀China,฀it฀is฀ most฀appropriate฀that฀the฀Centre฀be฀housed฀in฀the฀former฀Nanyang฀University’s฀historic฀ Administration฀Block,฀which฀itself฀is฀a฀relic฀of฀the฀landmark฀establishment฀of฀the฀first฀ and฀only฀Chinese-medium฀university฀outside฀China฀founded฀by฀the฀ethnic฀Chinese. 00฀Ethnicprelimsn.indd฀฀฀2 9/30/08฀฀฀9:21:51฀AM First฀published฀in฀Singapore฀in฀2008฀by ISEAS฀Publications Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies 30฀Heng฀Mui฀Keng฀Terrace,฀Pasir฀Panjang Singapore฀119614 E-mail:฀publish@iseas.edu.sg฀ ฀ •฀ Website:฀bookshop.iseas.edu.sg All฀rights฀reserved.฀No฀part฀of฀this฀publication฀may฀be฀reproduced,฀stored฀in฀a฀retrieval฀ system,฀or฀transmitted฀in฀any฀form฀or฀by฀any฀means,฀electronic,฀mechanical,฀photocopying,฀ recording฀or฀otherwise,฀without฀the฀prior฀permission฀of฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀ Studies.©฀2008฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies,฀Singapore The฀responsibility฀for฀facts฀and฀opinions฀in฀this฀publication฀rests฀exclusively฀with฀the฀authors฀ and฀their฀interpretations฀do฀not฀necessarily฀reflect฀the฀views฀or฀the฀policy฀of฀the฀publisher฀or฀ its฀supporters. ISEAS฀Library฀Cataloguing-in-Publication฀Data Ethnic฀chinese฀in฀contemporary฀Indonesia฀/฀edited฀by฀Leo฀Suryadinata. ฀ 1.฀ Chinese—Indonesia. ฀ 2.฀ Chinese—Indonesia—Politics฀and฀government. ฀ 3.฀ Indonesia—Ethnic฀relations. ฀ I.฀ Suryadinata,฀Leo,฀1941-. DS632.3฀C5E852฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ 2008 ISBN฀9978-981-230-834-4฀(soft฀cover) ISBN฀9978-981-230-835-1฀(hard฀cover) ISBN฀9978-981-230-836-8฀(PDF) Typeset฀by฀International฀Typesetters฀Pte฀Ltd Printed฀in฀Singapore฀by฀Utopia฀Press฀Pte฀Ltd 00฀Ethnicprelimsn.indd฀฀฀4 9/30/08฀฀฀9:21:51฀AM ...