Anti-Chinese sentiment as a trending topic on social media has seen increased activity over the past month. This climaxed after President Joko Widodo responded that the number of Chinese workers in Indonesia did not reach 10 million as had been mentioned on social media, and that there were only 21,000 of them. The Government was late in responding to the matter, as it came a month after the vague information had already spread.

December 2016
Tota