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Malaysian Chinese: Recent Developments and Prospects
Author(s): Lee Hock Guan (Editor), Leo Suryadinata
- Publisher: Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute
- Publication Date: December 30, 2011
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 9814345083
- ISBN-13: 9789814345088
Book Description
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.
