Tracing History.

A man celebrates Imlek in Surabaya -  March 2017

A man celebrates Imlek in Surabaya - March 2017 Source: (Juni Kriswanto/AFP via Getty Images)

As Indonesia celebrates Imlek, Ravando Lie a PhD candidate in history at the University of Melbourne talks about the historical origins of Chinese Indonesians’ involvement in Indonesian politics.


How did Reformasi affect the political lives of Chinese Indonesians?  How did Chinese Indonesians express their political aspirations before Indonesian independence? What were their achievements at that time?   Ravando Lie explains.

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