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Who’s afraid of Prabowo? Not Indonesia’s young ‘Chindos’
Perceptions of the incoming President also reflect how Chinese Indonesians themselves are faring in their country.
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Millennial and Gen Z Chinese Indonesians understandably have a more upbeat worldview and do not instinctively classify their fellow Indonesians as being “pro-Chinese” or “anti-Chinese”.
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Johannes Nugroho
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“What will become of us after October?” asked a Chinese Indonesian woman in her 50s at a recent social gathering in Surabaya. The source of her worries: the inauguration of Mr Prabowo Subianto as Indonesia’s next president on Oct 20.
Yet, 100m away at another table, a group of Chinese Indonesian businessmen in their early 30s were discussing how best to start new ventures under likely initiatives to be launched by Mr Prabowo’s incoming administration.
