nic ▁Chinese ▁Indones ians ▁and ▁ind igen ous ▁Indones ians ▁has ▁inc ited ▁anti - Ch inese ▁sentiment ▁among ▁the ▁poor er ▁major ities . ▁During ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁kill ings ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 5 – 6 6 , ▁in ▁which ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁died ▁( most ly ▁non - Ch inese ▁Indones ians ), ▁eth nic ▁Chinese ▁were ▁killed ▁and ▁their ▁properties ▁lo oted ▁and ▁burn ed ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁anti - Ch inese ▁rac ism ▁on ▁the ▁exc use ▁that ▁D ip a ▁" A mat " ▁A id it ▁had ▁brought ▁the ▁PK I ▁closer ▁to ▁China . ▁In ▁the ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁ri ots ▁of ▁Indones ia ▁following ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁President ▁Su h arto , ▁many ▁eth nic ▁Chinese ▁were ▁target ed ▁by ▁Indones ian ▁ri ot ers , ▁resulting ▁in ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁lo oting . ▁However , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁death s ▁suffered ▁when ▁Chinese ▁owned ▁super mark ets ▁were ▁target ed ▁for ▁lo oting ▁were ▁not ▁Chinese , ▁but ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁lo ot ers ▁themselves , ▁who ▁were ▁bur nt ▁to ▁death ▁by ▁the ▁hundreds ▁when ▁a ▁fire ▁broke ▁out . ▁ ▁My an mar ▁ ▁Although ▁both ▁countries ▁share ▁the ▁exact ▁same ▁ancest or , ▁the ▁inf am ous ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁ri ots ▁in ▁Bur ma ▁against ▁the ▁Chinese ▁community ▁had ▁spark ed ▁ang ers ▁among ▁Chinese , ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁ar ming ▁of ▁eth