Why efforts to eradicate ‘pribumi’-‘Tionghoa’ tension fail. A survey from the Wahid Foundation in 2017 confirmed that the Tionghoa are among the most disliked groups in Indonesia along ...

When President Joko Widodo in February extended his best wishes to Indonesia ’s Chinese community for Lunar New Year, he referred to them as “Tionghoa”. The word is now used in the Southeast ...

While ethnic Tionghoa in Indonesia is currently free to practise their religion and celebrate their culture and traditions, the perception that they have a strong control of the country’s ...