There are more than 6 million Chinese in Indonesia, far more than the more than 200,000 Han people in the Kokang area.
In fact, the reason is very simple, all the Chinese in Indonesia are urban people, and all of them are businessmen scattered in big cities such as Jakarta. Although there are more than 6 million people, they do not have the strength and organization of their own.
There are only more than 200,000 Han people in the Kokang area, but most of them live in rural towns and villages, with families as the core. Clans organize rural life, and only when clans live together can they have combat effectiveness. Therefore, the Kokang Allied Army, with 18,000 troops, dared to challenge General Min Aung Hlaing, who had an army of 350,000. The Chinese in Indonesia are unable to resist the oppression of indigenous Indonesian militias.
The conclusion is that the Indonesian Chinese who are scattered and settled in the cities are simply not armed, and most of them are relatively wealthy. At the same time, it is surrounded by a large number of other ethnic groups and sects. It will become the most eye-catching group of people, and it is also the best object for the transfer of contradictions. If there were 1 million clan-centered rural Chinese in Indonesia, the armed forces would have been built up long ago.
