Embassy of China, Jakarta

The Embassy of China in Jakarta (Indonesian: Kedutaan Besar China di Jakarta) is the diplomatic mission of the People's Republic of China in Indonesia, located in the Kuningan area of the Golden Triangle, Jakarta. It was reestablished in 1990 after the normalization of China–Indonesia relations, having been first established in 1950 at a separate location in Glodok.

Embassy of China, Jakarta
LocationJakarta
AddressJl. Mega Kuningan No. 2
Coordinates6°13′32″S 106°49′32″E
AmbassadorXiao Qian[1]
Websiteid.china-embassy.org

History

A Chinese consulate general was already present in Jakarta (at that time Batavia) prior to Indonesian independence. By November 1909, negotiations between China and the Netherlands on consular rights were ongoing, and a letter from Chinese legate in The Hague, Lou Tseng-Tsiang, indicated that the Dutch agreed to the opening of a Chinese consulate in the Dutch East Indies. Their bilateral consular convention was signed in 1911. The first consuls were appointed by the new Republic of China government, which took power shortly after the convention.[2] At the outbreak of the Second World War, the consulate was located near Kali Besar, and was headed by a consul-general. It was evacuated due to the Japanese invasion of Java, though the consul-general was captured.[3] By January 1946, a new Chinese consul-general had arrived in Batavia.[4]

The first Chinese Ambassador to independent Indonesia, Wang Renshu, took office in July 1950. Wang acted zealously in attempting to convince Chinese Indonesians to take up Chinese citizenship, managing to attract a significant proportion of Chinese within just one year, annoying the Indonesian government. In 1951, a diplomatic spate occurred when the Indonesian authorities refused entry of Chinese embassy staff. Wang was recalled by 1951.[5][6] In the aftermath of the 30 September coup of 1965, China sheltered leading Indonesian Communist Party exiles, resulting in mob attacks against the embassy, and formal relations were suspended in October 1967.[7] Just prior to the freezing of the relations, a mob numbering thousands managed to break into the embassy after ramming through the gate with a truck, and the mob pillaged various items within the embassy while setting fire to cars and furniture. In the ensuing clashes, multiple embassy staff and attackers were injured, with one attacker killed. Chinese consular interests afterwards were represented by Romania's embassy.[8]

Some negotiations around the late 1970s indicated that formal relations and embassies would be reestablished, but this did not happen.[9] The former Chinese embassy building in Glodok was taken over by the provincial government; the building was demolished and the space repurposed as a parking lot until it was replaced by a commercial center.[10][11] After a 23-year freeze, normalization of relations in 1990 resulted in the Chinese embassy being reopened on 27 September 1990, initially as a temporary embassy at Hotel Borobudur.[12]

Muslim groups held large-scale demonstrations at the embassy in protest of the Chinese treatment of Uyghur Muslims in 2018 and 2019.[13]

References
  1. "Curriculum Vitae of Ambassador XIAO Qian". Embassy of China, Jakarta. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. Willmott, Donald E. (2009). The National Status of the Chinese in Indonesia 1900-1958. Equinox Publishing. pp. 30–33. ISBN 978-602-8397-28-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Chang 2019, pp. 208-209.
  4. Chang 2019, pp. 350-351.
  5. Wong 1984, pp. 37-39.
  6. Muas, Tuty Enoch (15 February 2016). "Kasus Wang Renshu: Sebuah Kegagalan Diplomasi RRC terhadap Indonesia". Paradigma, Jurnal Kajian Budaya. 3 (1): 64–65. doi:10.17510/paradigma.v3i1.33.
  7. Wong 1984, p. 48.
  8. "Kedutaan RRC dan Orang Tionghoa Jadi Sasaran". VIVA (in Indonesian). 6 October 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  9. Wong 1984, pp. 57-58.
  10. "Eks Kedubes Cina di Glodok Berganti Rupa". detiknews (in Indonesian). 5 July 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  11. "'Diplomasi' Parkir di Bekas RRC". Tempo (in Indonesian). 28 May 1983. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  12. "China officially reopens embassy in Indonesia". UPI. 27 September 1990. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  13. "Massa mendemo Kedubes China bela Muslim Uighur, pemerintah Indonesia 'masih terkesan senyap'". BBC News Indonesia (in Indonesian). 20 December 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

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