Editing Peranakan Chinese (section)

==Current status==
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Peranakan culture has started to disappear in Malaysia and Singapore. Without support from the colonial government for their perceived ethnic independence, government policies in both countries following independence from colonial rule have resulted in the assimilation of Peranakans back into mainstream Chinese culture. Singapore classifies the Peranakans as ethnically Chinese, so they receive formal instruction in [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin Chinese]] as a second language (in accordance with the "Mother Tongue Policy") instead of Malay. In Malaysia, the standardisation of Malay as [[Bahasa Melayu]]—required for all ethnic groups—has led to a disappearance of the unique characteristics of Baba Malay.

[[File:Cina Benteng wedding.jpg|thumb|left|Mass wedding ceremony of [[Benteng Chinese]], [[Jakarta]] 2012.]]

In Indonesia, the Peranakan culture appears to be losing popularity to modern Western culture, but to some degree the Peranakans are still trying to retain their language, cuisines and customs. Young Peranakans still speak their creole language, although many young women do not wear the ''kebaya''. Marriages normally follow the western culture because the traditional Peranakan customs are losing popularity. Only three communities of Peranakan still uphold the traditional Peranakan wedding customs, Tangerang (by the Cina Benteng people), Makassar and Padang. Of the three communities the Cina Benteng people are the most adherent to the Peranakan culture, but their numbers are dwindling.<ref name="Pernikahan Peranakan">{{cite web |url=http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2008/02/05/18160273/Imlek.Prosesi.Pernikahan.China.Peranakan.Hanya.Bertahan.di.Tiga.Kota |title=Imlek, Prosesi Pernikahan China Peranakan Hanya Bertahan di Tiga Kota |access-date=10 July 2012 |date=5 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723123123/http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2008/02/05/18160273/Imlek.Prosesi.Pernikahan.China.Peranakan.Hanya.Bertahan.di.Tiga.Kota |archive-date=23 July 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Cina Benteng people are normally poor people and many seek, or have sought, opportunities in other areas. Some organisations do try to ease their burden of living.<ref name="Cina Benteng Get Free Health Service">{{Cite news |date=15 May 2012 |title=Cina Benteng Get Free Health Service |language=en |work=The Jakarta Post |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/15/cina-benteng-get-free-health-service.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725141945/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/15/cina-benteng-get-free-health-service.html |archive-date=25 July 2012}}</ref> As of May 2012, 108 Cina Benteng families are facing eviction from their traditional homes, the reason given by the Tangerang government being that the area they occupy is actually meant as a green space for the city. Most of these families are low income and have nowhere to move to, as the government is not providing enough money for them to relocate. Several traumatic eviction attempts at 2010 and 2011 ended in violence.<ref name="Cina Benteng Vows Fight Upcoming Eviction">{{Cite news |last=Multa Fidrus |date=19 May 2012 |title='Cina Benteng' Vows to Fight Upcoming Eviction |work=The Jakarta Post |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/19/cina-benteng-vows-fight-upcoming-eviction.html |url-status=dead |access-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725125326/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/19/cina-benteng-vows-fight-upcoming-eviction.html |archive-date=25 July 2012 }}</ref>

The migration of some Peranakan families, particularly the well-to-do, has led to a small Peranakan diaspora to neighbouring countries, mainly from [[Vietnam]]<ref name="Vietnamese diaspora">{{cite web |url=http://www.colorq.org/MeltingPot/Asia/MalayChinese.htm |title=Chinese/Native intermarriage in Austronesian Asia |publisher=Color Q World |access-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215154123/http://www.colorq.org/MeltingPot/Asia/MalayChinese.htm |archive-date=15 February 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> to [[Australia]].<ref name="Australian diaspora">{{cite web|url=http://www.theswanker.com/macammacam/2005/04/babas_and_nonya.html |title=babas_and_nonya.html |publisher=theswanker.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219091541/http://www.theswanker.com/macammacam/2005/04/babas_and_nonya.html |archive-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> The [[Indonesian riots of May 1998|1998 anti-Chinese riots]] in Indonesia during the [[Post-Suharto era#Fall of Suharto|fall of Suharto]] terrorised many Chinese Indonesians and Peranakans alike, causing Chinese Indonesian communities affected by the riots to leave the country. However, these communities are very small, and with the increasing use of the various languages in their respective countries, the use of Peranakan Malay or Baba Malay has been diluted, especially among the younger generation.