Recent history of Chinese-Indonesians<\/p>\n
* 1955: Indonesia and China sign an agreement on dual
\ncitizenship, which allows Chinese people living in the country to
\nhold both Indonesian and Chinese citizenship.
\n* 1958: Indonesia approves the citizenship law, which stipulates
\nnaturalization.
\n* 1959: Indonesia and China agree to a repatriation process for
\n140,000 ethnic Chinese.
\n* 1965: An aborted coup, blamed on the Indonesian Communist
\nParty, takes place. Jakarta accuses China of involvement, which
\nChina denies.
\n* 1967: Diplomatic ties with China are frozen, bring an abrupt
\nhalt to repatriations. About 100,000 people become stranded here
\nand are deemed stateless.
\n* 1969: Indonesia decides not to honor the dual citizenship
\nagreement. A Chinese person whose parents hold China citizenship
\ncan only obtain Indonesia citizenship through naturalization,
\nwhich can only be proven proved by the issuance of an SBKRI.
\n* 1990: Indonesia resumes ties with China.
\n* 1992: Beijing says it will issue passports in January 1993 for
\nstateless Chinese here, whose number now reaches more than
\n240,000.
\n* 1996: Soeharto issues a decree on the annulment of the SBKRI
\nrequirement. Chinese-Indonesians may instead use their ID cards,
\nbirth certificates and kartu keluarga (family cards) for
\neducation and business purposes.
\n* 1998: Habibie issues a decree ordering government officials to
\ntreat all Indonesians the same.
\n* 1999: Habibie issues a decree banning discrimination against
\nIndonesians based on origin. -- JP<\/p>",
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