Jan 24, 2021 Last Updated 1:30 AM, Jan 22, 2021

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Never Indonesian enough

Never Indonesian enough

State discrimination against the Chinese is a form of cultural violence

Learning from Malaysia's mistakes

Learning from Malaysia's mistakes

Chinese Indonesians must re-enter politics in order to fully exercise their citizenship

A new political animal?

A new political animal?

Chinese Indonesians search for a political role in the new Indonesia

Game of chance

Game of chance

Chinese Indonesians play asylum roulette in the United States

Through a building darkly

Through a building darkly

The story of the Teochiu Huikuan building in Medan provides insights into Chinese Indonesians’ history of dispossession

In memory of martyrs

In memory of martyrs

A Chinese community constructs and preserves the memory of their loved ones, the victims of racial and political violence in Banyuwangi

Against the grain

Against the grain

Two Chinese-Indonesian women are role models for the younger generation

The tragedy of May 1998

The tragedy of May 1998

Glodok: A photo essay

The politics of Imlek

The politics of Imlek

In contemporary Indonesia, Imlek is much more than a cultural celebration

Chinese, Muslim and proud of it

Chinese, Muslim and proud of it

The Chinese Muslim community in Surabaya even has its own mosque

Empowerment through conversion?

Empowerment through conversion?

Chinese Indonesians and the Pentecostal-charismatic movement

Filming ambiguity

Filming ambiguity

Young Chinese Indonesian filmmakers examine questions of Chineseness

A common destiny

A common destiny

Challenges remain for Chinese Indonesians 10 years after reformasi

Chinese Indonesians ten years after reformasi

Chinese Indonesians ten years after reformasi

Chinese Indonesians reflect on their place in the new Indonesia

The one that got away?

The one that got away?

Muchdi’s murder trial starts falling apart

Hot debates

Hot debates

A law on pornography still divides the community

Demonstrating diversity

Demonstrating diversity

Photo-essay: Yogya’s community protests against the Pornography Bill

No positive news

No positive news

People living with HIV face corruption and incompetence in the health system

Staying clean

Staying clean

Drug rehabilitation in Indonesia

Underground and at risk

Underground and at risk

Men who have sex with men in urban Papua.

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