a bunch of naive youngsters
if they had gone through the experience of those chinese in indonesia
their action would be difference.
Discrimination against people of Chinese descent in Indonesia has been carried out by
governments in Indonesia since the time of the Dutch East India Company.
Serious violence against Chinese people has occurred at irregular intervals since 1740,
when the soldiers of the Dutch East India Company killed up to 10,000 people of
Chinese descent during the Chinezenmoord.
The worst outbreaks took place in 1945-49 during the Indonesian National Revolution against Dutch rule.
There were significant outbreaks in the early 1960s.
Violence against Chinese also took place in 1965 after the failed coup attempt during anti-communist purges,
The main targets of the violence were ethnic Chinese.
It was estimated that more than a thousand people died in the riots.
At least 168 cases of rape were reported, and material damage was valued at more than Rp 3.1 trillion.