IHT: Indonesia's Chinese community emerges after years of violence and discrimination
Remarkable for a country that not long ago persecuted its Chinese minority with near sadistic enthusiasm and viewed it with suspicion.Today, Indonesian Chinese can actually say :
"The situation of the Chinese has never been as good as today," said Benny Setiono, head of the Chinese Indonesian Association, a nonprofit group that represents the community. "We feel more free, more equal."
And for some interesting contrast,
"Other laws have erased the preferential treatment for "pribumi," or indigenous groups, in bank lending and the awarding of government contracts, a policy that still exists in Malaysia, where racial tensions are creeping higher." (highlights my own)
Read on here.
Technorati: Indonesia, malaysia, overseas chinese
posted by hew @ 9:50 am
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