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The majority in this region are Hakka, who settled in West Kalimantan much earlier, followed by the Teochew. [9] These Chinese migrants began arriving when the Pontianak Sultanate invited them to engage in mining activities and help revitalize trade. [10] The Teochew people have generally steered clear of politics, focusing primarily on trade.
1886 map of Indochina, from the Scottish Geographical Magazine. In Indian sources, the earliest name connected with Southeast Asia is Yāvadvīpa []. [1] Another possible early name of mainland Southeast Asia was Suvarṇabhūmi ("land of gold"), [1] [2] a toponym, that appears in many ancient Indian literary sources and Buddhist texts, [3] but which, along with Suvarṇadvīpa ("island" or ...
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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 ...
Indochina (French: Indochine), a region in Southeast Asia roughly east of India and south of China French Indochina, the part of the French colonial empire in Indochina; Indochine (band), a French new wave/rock band, formed in 1981; Indochine, a 1992 French film
However, given that 'Straits Chinese' is a geographical designator specific to the former British colonies in the region, whereas 'Peranakan Chinese' is a broader genealogical designator covering all parts of the Nusantara region where Chinese people settled (including areas colonized by the Dutch, who would not have used the word 'Straits ...
In the Indonesian Revolution from 1945 to 1949, tension rose between indigenous Indonesians and Benteng Chinese, who were perceived to be in favour of the Dutch colonial status quo. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] On 23 June 1946, riots targeting Benteng Chinese homes broke out in Tangerang, where revolutionary militiamen sympathetic to the Indonesian republican ...
President Sukarno of Indonesia greeted at Beijing airport by Mao Zedong flocked by Indonesian-Chinese flags Mao Zedong and Sukarno. After the Indonesia's independence in 1945 and the acknowledgement of its sovereignty from the Dutch in 1949, Indonesia established political relations with China (previously with Republic of China and later with People's Republic of China) in 1950. [21]