1706 The number of overseas Chinese in Jakarta exceeded 1000, and it increased to 60,000 in 1720. The increase in the number of overseas Chinese and the enhancement of their economic strength made the Dutch colonists more and more uneasy.
Therefore, the Dutch East India Company turned to the policy of excluding, attacking and even persecuting overseas Chinese.
1706, Dutch colonists issued an order to restrict the entry of overseas Chinese.
1727, the company ordered overseas Chinese without residence permits to be repatriated or escorted to Banda Island. Working hard in Sri Lanka and the Cape of Good Hope.
1740 On July 25th, the Dutch colonial governor ordered poor overseas Chinese to register in order to be sent to Sri Lanka.
654381October 9, the Dutch colonial authorities instigated Dutch soldiers and thugs to slaughter overseas Chinese, rob and burn their houses on the pretext of searching for weapons hidden by overseas Chinese. The atrocities lasted for 7 days, more than 600 overseas Chinese houses were burned, and 10000 overseas Chinese were killed.
The vast number of overseas Chinese were filled with indignation and set off a vigorous uprising against the Dutch colonists. The uprising team fought hard in Jakarta for 7 days and 7 nights, and finally moved because of weak forces. The blood of overseas Chinese dyed all the streams in Jakarta red, which is called "Battle of Red Stream" in history.
Uprising overseas Chinese joined forces with Indonesian people to arm against Dutch colonists until 1743, which wrote a glorious page in the history of overseas Chinese and Indonesian people's anti-Dutch struggle.