TJONG YONG HIAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF MEDAN, THE EXISTENCE OF CHINESE THE ECONOMY FIELD IN INDONESIA
TJONG YONG HIAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF MEDAN, THE EXISTENCE OF CHINESE THE ECONOMY FIELD IN INDONESIA

Summary/Abstract: The domination of economy and trading by a Chinese group in Indonesia could not be separatedfrom the ”open door policy” since colonial age. Politically, Chinese had been granted specialprivilege through vreemde oosterlingen system, which was the separation of foreign easternpeople and native inhabitants. Besides the officer system, residential system, construction of thesocial order were the construction of power hegemony in order to achieve developmentobjectives. Tjong Yong Hian was one of the prominent businessman in a colonial age that arosefrom the production of that colonial policy system. Position and status that were given to TjongYong Hian, as well as political policy that were given by the government to the Chines,e enabledTjong Yong Hian to strengthen his existence in the economy field. His success in developing hisbusiness empire had given contribution in the development of the City of Medan since thebeginning of the 20th century.

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