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Word: pontianak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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About 25,000 of the traumatized Chinese have descended on the sleepy West Borneo port of Pontianak, where they live in dismal squalor. The Chinese are crammed into makeshift quarters, bathe in muddy, sewage-filled canals and wander aimlessly along the waterfront, many of them without homes or hope. Pontianak's Communist propagandists could easily use these displaced Chinese as a breeding ground for more unrest and tension...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Borneo: Home for the Boomerang | 12/15/1967 | See Source »

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