sentences:  The colonial administration which took power in 1815 shifted to a system of ethnic classification.Initially they distinguished between Europeans ("Europeanen") and those equated with them (including native Christians) and "Inlanders" and those equated with them (including non-Christian Asians).Over time, native were gradually shifted de facto into the "Inlander" category, while Chinese Indonesians, Arab Indonesians and others of non-Indonesian descent were gradually given separate status as "Vreemde Oosterlingen" ("Foreign Orientals").