Milk Cows & Punching Bags: Chinese Indonesians in the Golden Age?

February 27, 2007

Julia Suryakusuma:

  • The author of Sex, Power and Nation. She can be contacted on jsuryakusuma@mac.com or jskusuma@dnet.net.id

    FOR weeks, Jakarta has been noisily building up to Chinese New Year. The atmosphere is palpable when youre out shopping, just as it is leading up to Idul Fitri and Christmas. But instead of jilbabs or Santa hats, we are inundated with shop attendants in red tunics and ang pau red money envelopes, for big-spending customers (o

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