Why are there so many Chinese in Malaysia?

Malaysian is indeed a country with a large number of Chinese, with the exception of China. At present, Chinese in Malaysia account for more than one-fifth of the total population, but in fact, the proportion of Chinese has been decreasing.

At the time of the largest number of Chinese, Chinese in Malaysia accounted for more than half of the total population. Only after Malaysia's independence, in order to consolidate the political power and reduce the number and influence of Chinese, Singapore, where Chinese gather, was separated and the Chinese in China were strongly suppressed. Even so, the number of people in China is still relatively large. So what is the reason why there are so many Chinese in Malaysia, a foreign country?

In fact, Malaysian Chinese are mostly composed of immigrants and their descendants from the southeast coastal areas of China. Malays mainly refer to the descendants of Han Chinese who migrated to Malaysia for various reasons in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan.

The period from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China should be the period when China people immigrated the most, but it can be traced back to the Han Dynasty at the earliest. Since then, traces of immigrants have been found. At that time, there were certain economic and cultural exchanges between China and Malaysia.

During the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, and a group of Han Chinese married the local people here, and their descendants multiplied, forming a huge ethnic group. With the change of the times, due to the change of political power and social instability, these Han people chose to settle down, and their number further increased.

After a century of humiliation, more and more people are lured by the British to choose Nanyang to work as cheap coolies in Malaysia. At that time, many China people who felt hopeless to return home got married here and had children.

Later, during the war, there were more immigrants. During this period, some of them were still introduced or deceived to their past jobs and eventually settled down, but most of them voluntarily settled down to escape the war. In fact, Malaysia has always been a multi-ethnic country, and it is easy for Chinese to settle here, so it has developed rapidly and the number has gradually increased.

Although these China people are no longer of China nationality, they still insist on learning Chinese and their own education from generation to generation. Even some Chinese descendants are not as fluent in Malay as Chinese. Although they are greatly hindered, it does not affect the inheritance of China culture. In addition, they still remember their identity as China people. During the war, Malay Chinese donated many materials to the motherland.

The reasons for the large number of Chinese in Malaysia mainly lie in geographical location and cultural factors, but Malaysia, where Malays are supreme, is no longer an immigrant? Nice place? Yes

Since Malaysia's independence in the last century, the local government presided over by Malays has been suppressing the status, culture and education of Chinese people and their due rights and interests in all aspects. It can be said that a large part of the reason for the decrease of Malay Chinese later lies in this.

At present, the proportion of Chinese in Malaysia is actually decreasing year by year. On the one hand, it is caused by the departure of some people, on the other hand, it is caused by the decline of fertility rate. Even so, the proportion of Chinese in Malaysia should not be underestimated.