Leo Suryadinata
sinologist
Leo Suryadinata (born Liauw Kian-Djoe [or Liao Jianyu; 廖建裕]; 21 February 1941) is an Indonesian-born Singaporean sinologist.
Early life
Suryadinata was born Liauw Kian-Djoe (also written Liao Jianyu) in Batavia, Netherlands Indies (today Jakarta, Indonesia) to a Chinese Indonesian business family. His father was the owner of a building material factory. He had seven siblings.
During high school, Suryadinata read and wrote numerous papers on Indonesian and Chinese history and literature.
Education
Suryadinata later attended Nanyang University in Singapore, where he graduated in 1962 with a bachelor of arts degree in Chinese and Southeast Asian literature.
From 1962 to 1965, Suryadinata studied Chinese literature at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, receiving another bachelor's degree from that institution. Even though his core area of study focused on Chinese literature, he began to display interest in the Chinese Indonesian community. His undergraduate thesis discussed the late 19th century Peranakan Chinese press and early 20th century resistance movements against the Dutch colonial government.
In 1970, Suryadinata received a master of arts degree in history from Monash University in Australia.
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