How Much has Changed?

Although ETHNIC CHINESE Indonesians have begun to play an active role in politics, many still claim that they face discrimination.

August 17, 2004

THE reform era has brought about many changes for Indonesians of Chinese ethnicity. Newspapers are now legally printed in Mandarin script, television programs are broadcast in Mandarin, and traditional Chinese cultural displays are frequently performed, such as the barongsai (lion) dance. During the New Order regime, all of these expressions of Chinese culture were strictly prohibited. Now, lion dances are displayed at Chinese New Year, at mall o

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