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AbstractThe study of Chinese overseas is part of the study of humanity. To make it manageable, we have to reduce its scope. To make it meaningful, we have to use generalizations or abstract terms which encapsulate generalizations. Like human beings as a whole, the Chinese overseas are very heterogeneous, but we believe that somehow they are a meaningful subject of scholarly study. The paper explores some of the dilemmas of the general and the particular in the history of theperanakanChinese of Java, themselves a far from homogeneous group.

Coppel reviews GOLDIGGERS, FARMERS, AND TRADERS IN THE 'CHINESE DISCTRICTS' OF WEST KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA by Mary Somers Heidhues.

Singularly little scholarly work has been devoted to the religious life of the Chinese of Southeast Asia. This is particularly true of the Indonesian Chinese. The only major work on Chinese religion in Indonesia to appear in decades is Les Chinois de Jakarta: Temples et Vie Collective. The unique and astonishing transformation of Confucianism into an organized religion as practised today under the auspices of MATAKIN (Majelis Tinggi Agama Khonghucu Indonesia — the Supreme Council for the Confucian Religion in Indonesia) has so far only been discussed in two short essays.

Estimates vary but there are tens of thousands of Indonesian Chinese residing in Hong Kong. A few came directly to the British colony or made their way through Singapore, but the vast majority first tried their luck in mainland China. Once alienated by deteriorating conditions in Southeast Asia and often enthused with the idealistic promise of Mao's revolution, they voted with their feet a second time when, after becoming disenchanted with life in mainland China, many fled to Hong Kong. The authors report on the situation of the Indonesian Chinese in Hong Kong. (DÜI-Sen)