The Indonesian Chinese are therefore defined henceforth as persons of Chinese ancestry who either function as members of, and identify with, Chinese society or are regarded as Chinese by indigenous Indonesians(at least in some circumstances) and given special treatment as a consequence.
It should be stressed that such a definition includes a number of people who regard themselves as Indonesians and have refused to align themselves in any sense with Chinese society, but whose Chinese ancestry(or Chinese physical appearance) has been treated as socially and politically significant or relevant.