Articles tagged ‘Chinese Indonesians’

Indonesian citizenship law to change

By Nick | September 21st, 2006 | 2 Comments »

In July of this year, the Indonesian government passed a change in the Citizenship Law, making life way easier for a selection of expats, kids of expats and Chinese Indonesians. Today the it was annouced, that this weekend (God they take their time over here!), a government decree will make the new law active.

 

SBY tells Chinese Indonesians they are equal citizens

By Nick | February 5th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Indonesians President SBY has told a Chinese Indonesian group, that Chinese Indonesians are equal citizens. This might sounds strange to a westerner, but since the Suharto era, Indonesia has had an overtly racist policy towards Chinese people.