Global Chinatown

Researcher Amy Freedman compares policies on ethnic Chinese in Malaysia, Indonesia and the US. Why is it that Indonesia's ethnic Chinese always tend to be victims of mass riots?

May 28, 2001

Political Participation and Ethnic Minorities: Chinese Overseas in Malaysia, Indonesia and the United States
Author :Amy L. Freedman
Publisher:Routlegde, 2000
Overseas Chinese are an ethnic group that have made the greatest inroads in all parts of the world. Some 55 million Chinese have made their homes outside of the Middle Kingdom, from Chinatown in New York City to a number of Indonesia's urban areas. They were born and bred outside the People

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