https://www.scmp.com/rss/502786/feed Zhou Taomo is an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and specialises in modern Chinese and Southeast Asian history en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Revolutionary diplomacy and diasporic politics On a day in June, 1955, at the Tanjung Priok harbour in Jakarta, 24-year-old Liang Yingming, a second-generation ethnic Chinese from a Cantonese family in Solo, Central Java, was about to leave Indonesia for the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Before his departure, by signing the back of his Indonesian birth certificate, he agreed never to return to Indonesia. This pledge was required by the Indonesian government, which imposed strict restrictions... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3037995/migration-identity-and-revolution-how-chinese-shaped-indonesia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3037995/migration-identity-and-revolution-how-chinese-shaped-indonesia?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Nov 2019 06:00:10 +0000