Glodok
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Glodok is an urban village of Taman Sari, West Jakarta, Indonesia. The area has been known as a Pecinan, or Chinatown since the Dutch East India Company, designated Glodok as a residential area for et
Glodok Pancoran paifang gate
Glodok in 1953.
Old Chinese style houses in Glodok
Kim Tek Ie Temple, established in 1650
1740 Batavia massacre
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The 1740 Batavia massacre was a massacre and pogrom of ethnic Chinese residents of the port city of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies. It was carried out by Dutch soldiers of the Dutch East India Compa
Glodok
…and created burdens on the city. Tensions grew as the colonial government tried to restrict Chinese migration through deportations. On 9 October 1740, 5,000 Chinese were massacred and the following year, Chinese inhabitants were ghettoized in Glodok outside the city walls. In 1998, Glodok was one of the major areas attacked during…
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Governor-General Valckenier ordered the killings of ethnic Chinese.
Chinese houses were burned during the massacre.
Chinese prisoners were executed by the Dutch on 10 October 1740.