Malaysian Chinese: Recent Developments and ProspectsLee Hock Guan , Leo Suryadinata This collection of papers examines a variety of topics on the Chinese in Malaysia: the nature of Malaysian multi-ethnic society and the position of the ethnic Chinese, the conflation between ethnicity and religion, the 8 March 2008 election and its impact on the community, the similarities and dissimilarities of the Chinese positions in East and West Malaysia, the new developments in the economy, and the media and education in the past few decades under the New Economic Policy which have major bearings on the 8 March 2008 election and the post-election Malaysian Chinese community. |
Contents
Ethnicity Nationalism and Nation Building | 1 |
2 Being Muslim and Chinese in Malaysia | 26 |
The Chinese in Malaysia | 45 |
Malaysias Coalition Politics and Chinesebased Political Parties | 70 |
5 The End of Chinese Malaysians Political Divison? The March 8 Political Tsunami and Chinese Politics in Penang Selangor and Perak | 86 |
Recent Chinese Politics in East Malaysia | 109 |
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