More than a Cultural Celebration: The Politics of Chinese New Year in post-Suharto Indonesia

• Main Author: HOON, Chang Yau
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Indonesia; Chinese; Chinese New Year; ethnic relations; politics; Asian Studies; Political Science; Race and Ethnicity
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/754; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1753/viewcontent/Politics_of_CNY___CSDS.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In the aftermath of the May 1998 riots that forced President Suharto to step down, ethnic Chinese received unprecedented freedom to assert their long suppressed cultural and religious identity. Following the transition from assimilation to multiculturalism, for the first time in over three decades C...