Reimagining Chinese Indonesians in Democratic Indonesia   
     

Indonesia's initiation of democratic reforms in May 1998 did not portend well for Chinese Indonesians. Constituting less than 5 percent of Indonesia's 240 million people and concentrated in urban areas, Chinese Indonesians were, at that point, still reeling from the anti-Chinese riots that had occurred just before Suharto's fall. Scarred by years of discrimination and forced assimilation under Suharto, many Chinese Indonesians were uncertain--once again--about what the "new" Indonesia had in store for them.                (Asia Pacific Bulletin)

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