In mid-February, anti-Chinese rioting began in Indonesia, where Taiwanese businesses have invested most heavily. At the same time, the International Monetary Fund has threatened to cut off the US $ 40 billion aid package it has put together for Indonesia. A crisis which had looked as if it might be nearing its end now seems to be gearing up for a new beginning.
言猶在耳，二月中旬開始，台商投入資金最多的印尼發生排華暴動，同時國際貨幣基金會也揚言要撤銷原定對印尼的四百多億美元金援計畫，本已接近尾聲的金融風暴竟平添變數。