Tjhoen Tjhioe

Tjhoen Tjhioe ('Spring and Autumn' in Chinese language) was a Malay language Peranakan Chinese newspaper from Surabaya, Dutch East Indies catering mainly to the Chinese population. The full title of the paper was Tjhoen Tjhioe: Soerat kabar dagang bahasa Melajoe jang moeat roepa kabar penting bagi bangsa Tionghoa.

Cover page of Tjhoen Tjhioe from December 27, 1918.

During 1914-16 the Peranakan Chinese intellectual Kwee Hing Tjiat was editor of the paper. He had founded an earlier paper in Surabaya called Bok Tok which, according to historian Leo Suryadinata, eventually became Tjhoen Tjhioe. Liem Koen Hian also worked for the paper at around the same time. During his tenure there, he was very critical of the Dutch policy towards the Indonesian Chinese, notably the Dutch Nationality Law being proposed at the time, although he was careful to print his criticism in other newspapers such as Soerabaiasche Handelsblad.[1] Another editor of the paper was Tjan Kiem Bie, who was editor-in-chief in 1915 and 1916.[2] Due to the influence of these figures, the paper had what historian Leo Suryadinata termed a "China orientation", that is an outlook that thought Chinese Indonesians should be focused on China and not on the Dutch East Indies.[3]

According to Ahmat Adam, Tjhoen Tjhioe had a circulation 4,000 subscribers in 1914, mainly from the Peranakan Chinese community.[4]

According to the Cornell University library catalogue the paper may have ceased publication in 1918.[5]

References
  1. Suryadinata, Leo (2012). Southeast Asian personalities of Chinese descent : a biographical dictionary, volume II: glossary and index. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 577. ISBN 9789814345217.
  2. Suryadinata, Leo (1995). Prominent Indonesian Chinese : biographical sketches ([3rd.] ed.). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 198. ISBN 9789813055032.
  3. Suryadinata, Leo (1995). Prominent Indonesian Chinese : biographical sketches ([3rd.] ed.). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 91. ISBN 9789813055032.
  4. Adam, Ahmat. The Vernacular Press and the Emergence of Modern Indonesian Consciousness (1855-1913). No. 17. SEAP Publications, 1995.
  5. https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/7146305


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