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This article is about people richard borsuk and nancy chngs liem sioe liongs salim group the business pillar of suhartos indonesia is a detailed review of indonesias business environment economy and politics during suhartos 30 year rule the book is people centric and a virtual whos who in indonesia. This study of indonesias most successful entrepreneur who died in 2012 at the age of 95 is a contribution to both business history and political history liem sioe liongs salim group the business pillar of suhartos indonesia foreign affairs. Liem sioe liongs salim group the business pillar of suhartos indonesia is a masterful account of modern indonesian history with focus on the role played by chinese businessmen every sentence is a polished gem bringing events and characters to life as we retrace liems footsteps from a poor boy in a chinese village to founder of the . Liems rise and not quite fall and the convoluted history of his business empire and its role in new order indonesia has now been thoroughly explored by richard borsuk and nancy chng in liem sioe liongs salim group the business pillar of suhartos indonesia. Liem sioe liongs salim group the business pillar of suhartos indonesia after suharto gained power in indonesia in the mid 1960s he stayed as the countrys president for more than three decades helped by the powerful military hefty foreign aid and support from a coterie of cronies