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Confucius Institute At Universitas Al Azhar, Jakarta; The Unseen Power Of China, Thung Ju Lan
Confucius Institute At Universitas Al Azhar, Jakarta; The Unseen Power Of China, Thung Ju Lan
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
China's soft power is a difficult concept to measure if the Confucius Institute is the only source relied on. Joseph Nye's concept of soft power puts a strong emphasis on "the power of attraction" as a tool to persuade or "to shape the preferences of others" in the worlds of business and politics. To understand how this soft power - or the Confucius Institute - works, we have to determine the "observable" power of the "intangible" attraction embedded in it. This observable but intangible attraction is assumed to be "embedded"in the language and culture offered by the Institute, namely so-called …
Long Way Home; The Life History Of Chinese-Indonesian Migrants In The Netherlands, Yumi Kitamura
Long Way Home; The Life History Of Chinese-Indonesian Migrants In The Netherlands, Yumi Kitamura
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
The purpose of this paper is to trace the modern history of Indonesia through the experience of two Chinese Indonesians who migrated to the Netherlands at different periods of time. These life stories represent both post-colonial experiences and the Cold War politics in Indonesia. The migration of Chinese Indonesians since the beginning of the twentieth century has had long history, however, most of the previous literature has focused on the experiences of the "Peranakan" group who are not representative of various other groups of Chinese Indonesian migrants who have had different experiences in making their journey to the Netherlands. This …