Why Indonesia’s pro-Beijing Chinese newspapers are on a slow decline

During Suharto’s reign of Indonesia from 1966 to 1998, the Chinese language was virtually eliminated.Publications and schools were shut, meaning Chinese-Indonesians under the age of 55 today are usually unable to read the language.Therefore, the only readers of Indonesia’s Chinese-language newspapers and magazines – which began re-emerging after the dictator’s fall – are usually older Chinese-Indonesians and recent migrants from China, or totoks.Nevertheless, there is still a small, if…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3099572/why-indonesias-pro-beijing-chinese-newspapers-are-slow-decline