The Chinese Minority and Sino-Indonesian Diplomatic Normalization

In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 197-206

Abstract

This paper attempts to analyse Sino-Indonesian relations and the problems as perceived by Indonesian ruling and counter-elites, as well as the place of the Chinese minority in the issue of such a normalization. Pro- and anti-normalization groups are identified and two Presidential Decrees — one granting citizenship certificates and the other granting "mass naturalization" to ethnic Chinese — are analysed in the context of normalization. Possible outcomes will also be discussed.