Malaysian Chinese: recent developments and prospects
by Lee, Hock Guan Suryadinata, Leo
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 …
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- Full title :Malaysian Chinese : recent developments and prospects / edited by Lee Hock Guan, Leo Suryadinata.
Summary
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.
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- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
- Place of Publication:Singapore
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxxiv, 205 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789814345095, 9814345091
- oclc:ocn854682388
- LC Classification:DS595.2.C5
- Dewey Decimal:959.5004951
Table of Contents
Malaysia : ethnicity, nationalism, and nation building / Tan Chee-Beng -- Being Muslim and Chinese in Malaysia / Rosey Ma -- Quo Vadis : the Chinese in Malaysia / Lee Kam Hing -- At a crossroads : Malaysia's coalition politics and Chinese-based political parties / Ho Khai Leong -- The end of Chinese Malaysians' political division? : the March 8 political tsunami and Chinese politics in Penang, Selangor, and Perak / Wong Chin Huat -- Forced to the periphery : recent Chinese politics in East Malaysia / James Chin -- The new Malaysian economic agenda : some preliminary observations / Toh Kin Woon -- The old and new Malaysia Chinese language press, with special reference to the 12th general election / Khor Yoke Lim, Beh Chun Chee and Lim Lai Hoon -- Education of the Chinese in Malaysia / Lee Hock Guan.
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