Ep. 279 | The Hakka Kongsis of Borneo (Part 2)

Laszlo picks up in 1818 with the Napoleonic Wars finished and the Dutch returning to their colonies to put everything back the way it was when they left. The struggle between the Dutch and the Chinese Kongsis of West Borneo discussed in the last episode continues with a fight to the finish in Part 2.

The legacy of this century of history that occurred in Kalimantan Barat between 1750-1884, lives on in our day with the Indonesian-Chinese descendants of these adventurous immigrants from Guangdong and Fujian. 

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Terms in Episode

Pinyin/TermChineseEnglish/Meaning
Hokkien福建The people and culture of mostly Southern Fujian
Teochew潮州The people and culture of the Chaoshan region of Eastern Guangdong, Chaozhou-Shantou and Jieyang
Cantonese粤 / 广州人The people and culture of southern Guangdong, in and around the city of Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta region
Kongsi公司Modern day definition means a company or corporation. In this episode it means a kind of association or brotherhood
Bàn Táng Fān半唐番A term used for the offspring of Chinese and local Dayak people
Héshùn Zǒngtīng和顺总厅An alliance of fourteen kongsis that were setup in Mantrado, West Kalimantan that lasted 1777-1854
Lánfāng Kongsi兰芳公司The Kongsi that was setup in Mandor, West Kalimantan by Luo Fangbo that lasted 1776-1884
Sāntiáogōu Kongsi三条沟公司Another "Kongsi Republic" formerly part of the Heshun Alliance who struck out on their own after internal struggles with other Heshun kongsis
Dàgǎng Kongsi大港公司One of the major kongsis of the Heshun Zongting alliance who dominated the kongsi in its final decades
Koxinga郑成功Known also by his Hokkien honorific name 国姓爷. Lived from 1624-1662. Ming Dynasty loyalist who resisted the Qing Dynasty from his base in Southeast China, mostly Fujian and Taiwan.

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