Download or read book Perspectives on the Chinese Indonesians written by Michael R. Godley and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the many problems confronting post-Suharto Indonesia, none is more critical than the future of the country's ethnic Chinese. Unless their capital and talents are fully utilized, the economy will remain in crisis, and fresh confidence will only come with a concerted effort to end discrimination. While there has been resentment of the disproportionate economic power enjoyed by some of the Chinese businessmen favoured by the Suharto regime, few in Indonesia wish to see a repeat of the events accompanying the regime change in 1998, when violent anti-Chinese protests broke out.