Context: When the Japanese invaded and occupied Indonesia, they surprisingly opted to protect Chinese people from further harm by other native Indonesians, not necessarily out of altruism but because they felt that the economic power of the Chinese (who were mostly traders) would be useful. The Japanese military even allowed them to train their own military corps, and gave them further help in that.
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Context: When the Japanese invaded and occupied Indonesia, they surprisingly opted to protect Chinese people from further harm by other native Indonesians, not necessarily out of altruism but because they felt that the economic power of the Chinese (who were mostly traders) would be useful. The Japanese military even allowed them to train their own military corps, and gave them further help in that.