At the book launch entitled “Chinese Identity in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Culture, Politics and Media” organized by the Centre for Chinese Indonesian Studies at Petra Christian University, Surabaya, SMU Assistant Professor of Asian Studies Chang-Yau Hoon, the author, stresses the heterogeneity of Chinese Indonesians. “The Chinese in Indonesia are very complex as young Chinese Indonesians experience an identity crisis, especially political trauma,” he said.
