Welcome back again everyone, Lausanne Montgomery here with more Chinese history podcast action

Part two this time with a story of these

mostly Haka but also Haka and Dio Chiu and

Cantonese Gong Seas that

Operated in the province of West Kalimantan from the mid-18th century

Until the last of them were extinguished in 1884

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We left off last time with the Dutch a bantening West Borneo during the Napoleonic Wars when the Netherlands had more pressing things on their mind

Then getting outwitted and outmaneuvered by the Chinese who were working the gold mines of

Mandor and Montrato and up in sambas

There was a small Dutch contingent that remained behind but

They were left to fend for themselves without any replenishment of provisions or supplies and

It stayed that way till about 1806 and while the Dutch were gone the French eager to stick it to their enemy great Britain

tried to assist the Dutch to reestablish themselves in the East Indies as far as the French saw things

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