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Liu Asheng

d. 1884 · 19th century

Liu Asheng was the last leader of the Lanfang Republic, the Hakka Chinese mining kongsi at Mandor in West Borneo, under growing Dutch supervision. Lanfang had cooperated with the Dutch longer than other kongsis. On his death in 1884 the Dutch colonial government moved to abolish it, crushed resistance in 1884–1885 and annexed its territory into the Dutch East Indies.

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