CHINESE INDONESIANS AND CHINA-INDONESIA RELATIONS: A JUXTAPOSITION OF IDENTITY AND POLITICS
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Chinese Indonesians, China-Indonesia relations, identity, politicsAbstract
In this paper, I would like to discuss various possibilities of Chinese Indonesian positions within the socio-political and cultural framework of Indonesian nationalism and contemporary globalism. As history has shown, the position of Chinese Indonesians is often determined by the interaction between China and Indonesia in the global context, and vice versa. The impact of 1965 tragic event -which is known as the Indonesian Communist Party’s failed coup d'etat- on Chinese Indonesians is the clearest example of such a loose position. Today we face the growing power of China globally which is followed by the strengthened bilateral relations between China and Indonesia in various fields. China’s “new diplomacy†has changed the way its neighbors view Beijing and Chinese diaspora communities which are previously known as “overseas Chineseâ€. As part of a diasporic community, Chinese Indonesians might have to deal with what Nira Yuval Davies calls “multiscalar citizenship of transnational, national and localâ€, signifying a critical juncture between homeland, citizenship and residency.
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