The Politics of Chinese Unity in Malaysia Reform and Conflict in the Malaysian Chinese Association, 1971-73

• Main Author: Loh, Kok Wah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Maruzen Asia 1982
• Series: ISEAS occasional paper no. 70
• Subjects: Malaysian Chinese Association; Chinese > Politics and government > Malaysia; Malaysia > Politics and government
• Online Access: Click Here to View Status and Holdings.

 In a perceptive article published in 1970, Wang Gungwu suggested that political activity among the Chinese in Malaya can be best understood by delineating the Chinese into three political group: 1) Group A Chinese who maintain links with the politics of China, either directly or indirectly and who are concerned always with the destiny of China. 2) Group B Chinese who consist of the hard-headed and realistic majority who are more concerned with the low-posture and inderect politics of trade and community associations. c) Group C Chinese who are often uncertain of themselves because they are uncertain of their identity, but generally committed to some sort of Malayan loyalty.