Ep. 278 | The Hakka Kongsis of Borneo (Part 1)
The China History Podcast
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The Chinese and the Dutch in the Ruson Songting
In 17 79, the v o c had been able to finagl a deal with the sultans that essentially gave them preferential treatment for all the commerce and trade carried out at pantianoc. And anyone of chinese descent who lived or operated in this area were under dutch authority. In october 17 91, the dutch negotiators finally waved the white flag and gave up trying. The ushun song ting and the lan fang republic, or gungsi,. They were too big and powerful, too organized and too determined to not allow the dutch to mustle in on their profits. So it was with the dutch as they walked away from westborneo
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