Chinese in Indonesia

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Indonesia is a multiethnic society, but this does not mean the different ethnic groups live together amicably. The Chinese constitute the largest ethnic minority in Indonesia, and they face great problems of discrimination and prejudice in part because of their historic role in the society.

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Indonesia is a multiethnic society, but this does not mean the different ethnic groups live together amicably. The Chinese constitute the largest ethnic minority in Indonesia, and they face great problems of discrimination and prejudice in part because of their historic role in the society. The Chinese had economic advantages during the period of Dutch rule, allowing them to gain a virtual monopoly of internal trade and small industry:
While a majority of the Chinese were laborers, working in tin mines and other foreign-owned enterprises, a minority owned the rice mills, the pawnshops, the small retain stores and the batik factories, and they were the ones who incurred..."

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