PRINTING and PUBLISHING 20th CENTURY CHINA IN THE HISTORY OF IDENTITY IN INDONESIA

Abstract

In the 20th century China contributed to the field of graphics in the Indonesian Archipelago and raced with developments in graphics during the Dutch-Japanese occupation and after the independence of the Indonesian republic. The background that underlies this research is that China continues to play a role in the development of graphics dominated by the Dutch government in the archipelago, which is estimated from 1602 to 1945 independence amidst dominance that cornered Chinese citizens in the country. The purpose of this study is the importance of knowing the human footprint, work and resilience of Chinese printing and publishing in Indonesia in the 20th century in different socio-cultural backgrounds and social conditions of minorities. The method used in this study is a qualitative research method based on literacy or literature study, through the stages of writing history, namely the stages of heuristics, criticism, interpretation and historiography, with a socio-cultural science approach. The expected results of this study are in line with the research objective of knowing traces of extant works related to Chinese printing and publishing in the 20th century in Indonesia. The conclusion of this research is that China in Indonesia has been proven to have contributed to the advancement of graphics or printing and publishing in the 20th century through human footprints and continuous work with citizens and the government and some even contain historical value. In the midst of social conditions that were cornered, China became one of the elements for the advancement of graphics in the 20th century in Indonesia.