History of Indonesian Chinese (Ancient to 1949)

Author: Li Xuemin, Huang Kunzhang
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book covers the content from the Qin and Han dynasties to the period around the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, involving the socio-economic, political, and cultural-educational aspects of the Chinese Indonesians. It focuses on explaining the nature, status, and role of the Chinese Indonesian industrial and commercial economy, provides an in-depth analysis of the exploitation of the Chinese Indonesian industrial and commercial economy by Western colonialism, as well as the resistance of the Chinese Indonesians against colonial oppression and their support for Indonesia's independence movement, demonstrating that the Chinese Indonesians are comrades in weal and woe with the Indonesian people. The book is rich in sources, well-chosen, and uses many new materials that were not found in contemporary domestic works of a similar nature, giving it its own unique characteristics.