The Dutch and the Dogong in the Gongse War

The dutch felt they had to secure west borneo for themselves and either tame it or get rid of these gonges. The dokgong had been running a very brazen opium smuggling operation, carrying out a very lucrative business with traders in british singapore and serawak. After the usual period of excruciating negotiations back and forth, an agreement was reached in january 18 51 that was unprecedented in the number of concessions the chinese made the dutch. But even within the dokgong there was no one single voice that could speak for everyone. In june 18 53 Westborneo was forced to give up its blockade on the ports that the dock an conse depended