What is the current situation of Chinese in Malaysia?

Malaysia is a multi-ethnic country, in which the two largest ethnic groups in the country are Malays and Chinese. In fact, before the arrival of the British colonists, there were no Malays. In ancient Malaysia, many countries coexisted. For a long time, there was no concept of a country in this place.

By the16th century, the Dutch and the British arrived in the Malay Archipelago one after another, and the concept of nationality was gradually accepted by the local people. Before that, the natives here only knew which tribe they belonged to. (Malay upper class is basically descended from Arabs, and the ancestors of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir are Arabs. It was under the influence of Arabs that Malaysia converted to Islam. )

Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been records of Malaysians emigrating from China. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were many China people here. In the face of western colonialists, most Chinese adopted a cooperative attitude, and the British and Dutch policies towards Chinese were relatively supportive at the beginning.

Due to the backward level of local indigenous civilization, Britain and the Netherlands introduced a large number of Chinese from China. However, with the increase of the Chinese population, Britain and the Netherlands began to worry that they could not control the Chinese, and their attitudes towards the Chinese gradually changed. What is one of the most famous events? Red Creek Massacre? .

1740, the Dutch colonial authorities slaughtered Chinese in Jakarta, Indonesia for fear that Chinese would threaten their rule. Because there is a street near the incident called. Hongxi? This river, so it is called. Red Creek Massacre? .

The occurrence of the Hongxi tragedy reflected the dismal situation of China people at that time, and what was more tragic was that the Qing government even took it as a surprise after learning the news. Born and raised in China, this is all self-destruction? The reason for refusing to get involved in this matter is only to terminate trade with the Netherlands. Without the protection of the motherland, the local China people could not compete with the colonists with advanced weapons, so they had to be careful and try their best to please the colonists.

In modern times, Malaysia and Indonesia gained independence one after another. When Malaysia became independent, the Chinese population exceeded 50%, posing a great threat to Malays. To this end, the Malaysian government decided to kick Singapore, where Chinese gather, out of Malaysia, thus reducing the proportion of Chinese, and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was forced to declare independence.

Today all Singaporeans know that Lee Kuan Yew declared independence with tears in his eyes. I really don't know why Mr. Li is crying. Maybe it's because my dream of Malaysia is shattered!

But even after Singapore was expelled, the Chinese population still accounted for about 40% of Malaysia's total population at that time, and the local economy was mainly controlled by Chinese because of their hard work. There are many Chinese in Malaysia, and Yang Ziqiong, a famous film actor, is a Malaysian Chinese.

1969 may 13, Malaysia outbreak? May 13th incident? . This incident was originally an internal struggle of UMNO, but it was passed on to the Chinese by the Malay government, which triggered a large-scale racial conflict.

Afterwards, the Malaysian government formulated the infamous? Malay first? The policy is biased towards Malays in all aspects, limiting the political rights of Chinese.

In terms of China policy, the Malaysian government is actually no different from Indonesia, and both adopt an attitude of suppressing Chinese. However, the proportion of Chinese in Malaysia is very high, even today, the proportion of Chinese is above 20%, which makes the Malaysian government never dare to go too far with Chinese. In many Chinese-inhabited areas, street signs are expressed in Chinese characters.

However, because the birth rate of Chinese newborns is much lower than that of Malays, the proportion of Chinese population is shrinking, and it is even about to fall below the threshold of 20%. In contrast, the proportion of Malays has exceeded 60%, which has an increasing advantage over Chinese.

At present, with the constant resistance of Chinese, although the Malaysian government has begun to give Chinese more power, it has never changed the situation of Chinese second-class citizens. China people can only hold some positions irrelevant to the overall situation in the government, so ordinary China people are deeply disappointed with this country.

Due to long-term unfair treatment, a large number of Chinese elites have been leaving Malaysia to settle in the United States, Canada, Australia and China.