Human Beings

Three foreigners entering Taiwan for the first time in order to work here were turned back after the country’s animal and plant quarantine authority seized ham from them at airports and slapped each of them with a fine beyond their ability to pay. As the impacts of COVID-19 recede, Taiwan’s authorities are stepping up efforts to prevent African swine fever (ASF) from entering the country and, in the past two months, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine has seized ham from five foreigners at airports who were unaware of Taiwan's laws that ban bringing pork products from restricted areas, according to a National Immigration Agency (NIA)  press release . The bureau slapped each of them with a NT$200,000 (US$6,600) fine. Three of the five, who had applied to work in Taiwan for the first time, were denied entry because they were unable to pay the heavy fine on the spot. The other two of the five, including another migrant worker and a business person coming to...

Prosecutors charged a man named Chen (陳) with homicide for allegedly strangling a Malaysian student in Taipei City last month, reports said Tuesday (Nov. 29). The 24-year-old woman named  Tsai  (蔡) was studying at Ming Chuan University and worked as a model and social media streamer. On Oct. 13, Chen allegedly demanded Tsai return NT$99,999 ($3,200) he had given her earlier the same day to launch a brand, but when she refused, he suffocated her with a cushion and strangled her, according to phone conversations and camera footage tracked down by the Shilin District Prosecutors Office. When he returned home to Yingge in New Taipei City, he told his relatives he wanted to end his life, the  Liberty Times  reported. They alerted the police who only found out about Tsai’s death  when they questioned Chen about his motives for suicide. He later changed his story, saying he had only wanted to scare Tsai, not kill her. Because of his inconsistencies and the reason for t...

  This Pura located at Jalan Kupang Baru III No.26, Sonokwijenan, Sukomanunggal. Itsn’t really huge place but the architecture was excellent. It was a comfy place for worship and gathering among its hinduism.

 This Vihara located at Jalan Dukuh Kupang Utara 1 No. 2-4, it has a good architectures. It’s a huge vihara. Inside it, there’re some rooms with several functions. You can take a look at the pictures below: You can do worship, arranged marriage, attend meeting or simply eat together with your family after worship at here.

  Temple Hong Tiek Hian is one of the religious worship houses of Kong Hu Cu in Surabaya. This temple is the oldest temple who builded by Tar-Tar soldiers from Mongolia in the Caesar Khu Bilai Khan era at the beginning of the Majapahit teriotery. When Tar-Tar soldiers came 13 centuries or 1293 year ago, there's no worship houses for them so they decided to build it for their spirituals needed. In the past, this temple was used  by Hindu, Buddhist, and Kong Hu Cu religions. But now only used by Kong Hu Cu religion.

Chinese clans until now actually still exist in Indonesia, although the Chinese name has been renamed Indonesia due to government policies in the past. Chinese clans (marga) and Tionghoa name are still maintained and used in unofficial or family-friendly events. But as the reform flow has been rolling since the Gus Dur era, the use of Chinese clan names in Indonesia has become increasingly open. According to the data of PSMTI (Paguyuban Sosial Marga Tionghoa Indonesia) there are about 160 Chinese clans in Jakarta and if overall in Indonesia is calculated there are about 300 Chinese clans spread across various provinces in Indonesia with the most concentrations in Java. Historical records found that the majority of Indonesian Chinese descendants were indeed from Fujian Province (Hokkian Province).  Here are the common clans among Chinese in Indonesia: 1.  安  (Ān)   read An and in Indonesia become Anita, Andy, etc. 2.  蔡 (Cài) read Jae and spelled Latin Hokk...

I’m always curious why Indonesian people (pribumi) hates Tionghoa (Chinese Indonesia) so much. That’s why , I decided to run a Google search on Chinese-Indonesians, and without even finishing the sentence, I got to find out what were the most popular searches regarding the keyword: The result suggests that Chinese-Indonesians are synonymous with discrimination. Being one myself, I decided to look into this further to find rthe origins and reasons for this stereotype that Chindos (Chinese Indonesians) are supposedly richer than most pribumi (native) Indonesians. The history of Chinese Immigrants  Chinese people have lived on the Indonesian archipelago since at least the 13th century. Many began as temporary residents, before eventually remaining in the region as migrants. The Chinese population in Indonesia grew quickly during the colonial period, when workers were contracted from their home provinces in the South of China.  Chinese Community in Indonesia Chinese Indonesians ...