The Orientation of Chinese Newspapers in Indonesia as China Rises / / Leo Suryadinata.

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• VerfasserIn: Suryadinata, Leo,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (32 p.)

This paper examines the impact of globalization and a rising China, among other factors, on the political orientation of Chinese-language newspapers in Indonesia. Chinese newspapers in Indonesia have had a long trajectory, moving from a China-oriented focus to an Indonesia-oriented one over the course of Indonesian history. Their content has grown beyond the local to become regional in its outlook. The recent rise of China has been having a profound impact on Chinese newspapers in Indonesia. Many of their articles are pro-China while attempting to maintain the delicate balance and being Indonesia-oriented at the same time. With the community of Chinese-speaking Indonesian Chinese shrinking due to age, the Chinese-language dailies face challenges in circulation. The older generation that frequents them possesses significantly strong economic power, however, and while new migrants from China and ethnic Chinese from other Southeast Asian countries also read these dailies, their numbers are relatively small. As more and more newspaper editors, journalists and writers are now foreigners instead of being local-born, the Chinese-language newspapers in Indonesia may become newspapers for the overseas Chinese.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS BEFORE WORLD WAR II (1909–42) -- POST-WAR CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS (1945–65) -- YINDUNIXIYA RIBAO DURING THE NEW ORDER (1966–98) -- POST-SUHARTO CHINESE NEWSPAPERS (1999–today) -- THE ORIENTATION OF INDONESIAN CHINESE NEWSPAPERS IN RECENT YEARS -- PROBLEMS FACING INDONESIAN CHINESE NEWSPAPERS TODAY -- CONCLUSION