MEMAHAMI BAGAIMANA CHINA MELIHAT INDONESIA
Ruang Makro
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On October 3, 2013, a doctrine emerged from the House of Representatives (DPR) session hall in Jakarta—but Indonesia's name was never mentioned in it. What does Beijing really see when it looks at us? The answer is far quieter, and far more disturbing, than we might think.
This video explores how China views Indonesia through official documents, communiques, and archives—from the 15th-century accounts of Zheng He and Ma Huan, the 1955 Bandung Conference, the events of 1965, to the diplomatic war of notes and tensions in the North Natuna Sea. We examine popular myths about the Malacca Dilemma, nickel downstreaming, and Jakarta's hedging strategy, and ask who really pays the price for all of this. The conclusions overturn many of the assumptions we have long taken for granted. Watch until the end to understand why silence can be more dangerous than conflict.
— Chapter —
0:00 Opening
2:43 The Oldest View
5:31 Bandung and the Collapse of 1965
11:35 Your Island, My Sea
14:05 The Unstable Sentence
18:57 The Answer on the Map
22:32 The Line and the Nickel
25:26 Who Pays
31:05 Footage Sources
— Sources / References :
• Ma Huan, Ying-yai Sheng-lan (trans. J.V.G. Mills, Hakluyt Society) — the oldest Chinese record of 15th-century Java
• Taomo Zhou, Migration in the Time of Revolution — Beijing archives on the events of 1965 and ethnic Chinese
• John Roosa, Pretext for Mass Murder — an analysis of the events of September 30, 1965
• Qian Qichen, Ten Episodes in China's Diplomacy — a memoir of the restoration of diplomatic relations in 1990
• ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute (including Ian Storey & Evan Laksmana) — maritime policy analysis & State of Southeast Asia survey
• Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) — database of China's economic and diplomatic coercion 2010–2020
• Reuters, Associated Press & Agence France-Presse — verifiable coverage of Natuna and the South China Sea
• Pew Research Center — public opinion data on China
#CHINA #INDONESIA
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MEMAHAMI BAGAIMANA CHINA MELIHAT INDONESIA
Ruang Makro
106,186 views
On October 3, 2013, a doctrine emerged from the House of Representatives (DPR) session hall in Jakarta—but Indonesia's name was never mentioned in it. What does Beijing really see when it looks at us? The answer is far quieter, and far more disturbing, than we might think.
This video explores how China views Indonesia through official documents, communiques, and archives—from the 15th-century accounts of Zheng He and Ma Huan, the 1955 Bandung Conference, the events of 1965, to the diplomatic war of notes and tensions in the North Natuna Sea. We examine popular myths about the Malacca Dilemma, nickel downstreaming, and Jakarta's hedging strategy, and ask who really pays the price for all of this. The conclusions overturn many of the assumptions we have long taken for granted. Watch until the end to understand why silence can be more dangerous than conflict.
— Chapter —
0:00 Opening
2:43 The Oldest View
5:31 Bandung and the Collapse of 1965
11:35 Your Island, My Sea
14:05 The Unstable Sentence
18:57 The Answer on the Map
22:32 The Line and the Nickel
25:26 Who Pays
31:05 Footage Sources
— Sources / References :
• Ma Huan, Ying-yai Sheng-lan (trans. J.V.G. Mills, Hakluyt Society) — the oldest Chinese record of 15th-century Java
• Taomo Zhou, Migration in the Time of Revolution — Beijing archives on the events of 1965 and ethnic Chinese
• John Roosa, Pretext for Mass Murder — an analysis of the events of September 30, 1965
• Qian Qichen, Ten Episodes in China's Diplomacy — a memoir of the restoration of diplomatic relations in 1990
• ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute (including Ian Storey & Evan Laksmana) — maritime policy analysis & State of Southeast Asia survey
• Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) — database of China's economic and diplomatic coercion 2010–2020
• Reuters, Associated Press & Agence France-Presse — verifiable coverage of Natuna and the South China Sea
• Pew Research Center — public opinion data on China
#CHINA #INDONESIA