Lanfang Republic: The Lost Chinese Republic in Indonesia, West Kalimantan

Thank you for your story about Chinese in Indonesia. My family has been in Canada for over 120 years and we are Cantonese. My ancestors were deal with a hefty Chinese Exclusion Head Tax of up to $500. My grandfather told me he had to work 5 years to pay off the $500. Perhaps they were also had the same discrimination and suppression by the Colonialists. Thanks again for the history lesson.

This is an excellent research report of Chinese history in Indonesia.

I'm amazed by the quality of this video! First of all is never thought of there's a Republic at that area. Secondly your video visualise the whole story very well, make me able to understand immediately. Thirdly, I'm waiting for part 2!!! You must be working very hard to let us have this good quality of video.. Really appreciate it and you deserve our likes and shares!!!

我是柬埔寨第三代潮州人，也一直關注你的頻道。 看到您選擇學習高棉語，我非常高興和興奮，因為對大多數人來說，高棉太複雜了，不容易學。

If you are EU4 player, you would know about this Kongsi Federation when you play in Nusantara area. You will saw it pop up as early as 15th century because Ming 'explode' and they lose province around Canton. Idk if you already cover this country, but I suggest you to talk about Kingdom of Tungming where according to EU4, it existed because of Ming lose their coastal province, so Admiral Koxinga order Ming's Armada to go to Taiwan and form a kingdom.

My mother ( Lim Fong Yin) was born in 1918 to a prominent Hakka family in Pontianak who were exiled to Singapore by the Dutch.

I still couldn't wrap my head around that a young person like you are so into the little known history of the Chinese diaspora in South East Asia 😱Thanks to you that I learned so much about the history of their arrival in the foreign land 🙏 I can't help but feel a sense of deep admiration for their success in a country that they knew so little about. I hope that the present-day youth appreciates the fruits that their forebears had worked so hard for them. It must have taken you days to find out their stories and the black-and-white pictures are just wonderful testimonies of their lives. I would think that they only appeared in obscure academic books. You may want to consider having a buy-me-a-coffee option that many youtubers have. I will certainly buy you one 😀

This is applausable! I wish this channel received more recognition it deserves

Thanks for sharing the history of Lan Fang Republic to your audience. Hope more people are made aware of it and the history will not be lost. The irony is many Indonesians and even West Kalimantanese are not aware of its existence. I myself for example, as a West Kalimantanese, the first time I heard about Lan Fang Republic was during my High School year in the 90s in Australia during my Bahasa Indonesia Malaysia (BIM) class. There is another irony to that BIM class, while the students were mostly Malaysian and Indonesian, the teacher (the one sharing the story about Lan Fang Republic) was in fact a white Australian. Luckily it was a class discussing Indonesian and Malaysian literature and history rather than about linguistic skills thus the ethnicity of the teacher and us student was less relevant.

Wow, another high quality video. So much to learn. Appreciate your dedication. Thank you

Interesting subject and very informative. Never learn about this in Indonesian history. Now I know better of my country history. Thanks

In brief: The Dayak Kesultanan Mempawah was the 1st who bring in the Chinese miners followed by the Malay Kesultanan Sambas as more gold mining were found. Increasing kongsi from 8 to 14, and was awarded to self-governed. Later, Lo Fang Pak was chosen democratically to be the 1st President of Lang Fang Republic to govern, unite and protect the Chinese. They are under Kesultanan Pontianak and Sambas. It’s like a country inside a country. After hundred years, fallen into Dutch occupation. Many ran to Singapore, Sumatera etc

Yee Ven - As usual, your videos are well researched, narrated and produced. And every time I watch your videos, I learn so much more of the history of the Chinese diaspora. And you are a great presenter. Keep it up.

Wow. Know so much of history from your video than reading Sejarah Textbook of Malaysia. Really appreciate every video you made. It's a contribution for the society.

Interesting video! Enjoyed most of your well-researched, well-organized, and educative videos. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to more videos.

Great video and very informative . I didn’t know about the existence of the republic . Looking forward for the part 2

Great video. Congratulations. Visualising this story in such a way is quite impressive.

Very high quality history video! Almost up to the level of commercial TV channels.

I just got to know your channel and I really appreciate and love it. Really informative. Thanks

I enjoyed watching your video so much!