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/Term | Chinese | English/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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