https://www.scmp.com/rss/326921/feed Grace Tan-Johannes is an independent journalist, researcher and international NGO consultant based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Grace writes about travel, cultural survival, environmental issues, popular science and Chinese-Indonesian life. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Are more Chinese Indonesians studying Mandarin and sending their children to Chinese schools to resolve an identity crisis, or because they feel they “look the part”? Research by Chinese national Anna Luli at an Indonesian university tends to suggest both. Between 1967 and 1998, Indonesia’s assimilation policy under the New Order regime of dictator Suharto repressed Chinese culture, largely because of its assumed associations with communism – an ideology that is still banned in the country. 700... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/families/article/2160779/three-reasons-more-chinese-indonesians-are-learning-mandarin-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/families/article/2160779/three-reasons-more-chinese-indonesians-are-learning-mandarin-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:30:30 +0000 Indonesian archaeologist Emanuel “Wahyu” Saptomo’s eyes dance as he recalls the discovery of fossil “Flo the hobbit” 15 years ago. It was the evening of September 6, 2003, during a dig in the cathedral-like limestone cave of Liang Bua, on the sparsely populated island of Flores.  A team from the Indonesian National Research Centre for Archaeology (Arkenas) was looking for evidence of Homo sapiens migration from Asia to Australia when they uncovered the remains of a small hominid, whose origins... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2142681/aha-moment-when-hobbit-fossil-was-dug-indonesian-archaeologist-stunning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2142681/aha-moment-when-hobbit-fossil-was-dug-indonesian-archaeologist-stunning?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:30:15 +0000