The Politics of Mandarin Fever in Contemporary Indonesia: Resinicization, Economic Impetus, and China’s Soft Power

Chang-Yau Hoon is Director and Associate Professor at the Centre for Advanced Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam in Bandar Seri Begawan, and Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia in Perth. He was Visiting Scholar at the Centre for China’s Relations with Neighboring Countries, Fudan University, Shanghai, in Fall 2017, when he first drafted this article. Email: <changyau.hoon@ubd.edu.bn>

Esther Kuntjara is Professor of Linguistics and Culture at the Faculty of Letters, and Founder of the Center for Chinese Indonesian Studies, Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia.Email: <estherk@petra.ac.id>.