The Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Chinese Nationalism Reinforced
(2009). The Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Chinese Nationalism Reinforced. Diaspora Studies: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 119-142.
THE POSITION OF ETHNIC CHINESE IN INDONESIA
In Indonesia, the ethnic Chinese people played a si gnificant role in the economic structure since inde pendence. However, in the socio-political arena, they are a m inority group. The economic dominance of the ethnic Chinese led to racial animosities between the ethnic Chinese and t he ‘pribumis’ or native Indonesians. From the colon ial period, the ‘pribumis’ felt insecure about the competition fro m the Chinese entrepreneurs, and this insecurity is still having an effect on the ‘pribumis’. This article mainly tries to foc us on the position of the ethnic Chinese people in Indonesian society with special reference to their relationship with the n ative Indonesians. It also tries to highlight the p olitical instability as well as ethnic conflict mainly during the New Order era of President Suharto.
Ceramic microwave antennas for mobile applications
Due to their medium to high permittivity values, ceramic microwave materials are attractive as building blocks for miniaturised antenna solutions. Further advantages are low dielectric losses and an excellent temperature stability of standard ceramic materials. Yet, the permittivity of the ceramic material also has a strong influence on the radiation efficiency and bandwidth of the antenna. This implies that in the design process a suitable compromise has to be found between the degree of miniaturisation on the one hand and the antenna efficiency and bandwidth on the other. We describe two approaches towards efficient miniaturised ceramic microwave antennas: the dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) with partial metallisation and the shorting post patch antenna. We focus on design steps taken to ensure both a high degree of miniaturisation and high values of the radiation efficiency, the choice of the ceramic material and the experimental performance of the antennas.