Intolerance has been on the rise in recent years and identity politics is rearing its ugly head, but the young Chinese Indonesian candidates taking part in next month's legislative elections are unfazed.
They believe it is their ideas - not their race - that matter most to voters in the April 17 polls, especially at a time when anxieties over job opportunities and cost of living are on the rise.
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