Malaysian Chinese: Recent Developments and Prospects

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193 A Abdullah฀Ahmad฀Badawi Chinese฀support฀for,฀47,฀90,฀94 clarification฀on฀Islamic฀statehood,฀ 11 failure฀to฀fight฀corruption,฀94,฀135,฀ 154 keris-waving฀incident฀and,฀93 Mahathir’s฀allegations฀against,฀75 Mazu฀incident฀and,฀120 2008฀election฀results฀and,฀14,฀57,฀ 70,฀102 version฀of฀Islam,฀94 warning฀to฀Chinese฀community,฀158 Yong฀Teck฀Lee฀and,฀119 Abdul฀Rahman,฀Tunku,฀7,฀21n5,฀50 Abdul฀Rahman฀Yakub,฀110 Abdul฀Razak,฀Tun,฀21n5,฀145 Abdul฀Taib฀Mahmud,฀xxv,฀111,฀112,฀ 115 AEC฀(television฀channel),฀151 Ahmad฀Fauzi฀Abdul฀Hamid,฀15 Aliran,฀5,฀142n6,฀162 Alliance฀Party.฀See฀also฀BN฀(Barisan฀ Nasional) Article฀153฀and,฀7 Chinese฀voters฀and,฀86 consociational฀democracy฀and,฀4–5,฀ 62 Independence฀of฀Malaya฀Party฀and,฀ 18–19 May฀1969฀riots฀and,฀89,฀91 mother-tongue฀education฀and,฀173 INDEX Al-Ma’unah฀extremists,฀149 Anwar฀Ibrahim alternative฀media฀and,฀153,฀158 beating฀by฀police,฀12 Chinese฀community฀and,฀148,฀156 equal฀footing฀with฀other฀PR฀leaders,฀ 62 fallout฀with฀Mahathir,฀xxix,฀129,฀ 149,฀162 Lim฀Guan฀Eng฀and,฀73 New฀Economic฀Agenda,฀xxvii,฀ 131–41 non-Malay฀support฀for,฀77 PAS-DAP฀relations฀and,฀14 return฀to฀politics,฀74,฀76–77,฀81 as฀symbol฀of฀ruling฀party’s฀injustice,฀ 14,฀75 2008฀election฀results฀and,฀xxii Yong฀Teck฀Lee฀and,฀119–20 Arabic,฀36 Ashaari฀Muhammad,฀15 Asian฀financial฀crisis,฀xxxii,฀12,฀47,฀ 59,฀129,฀179,฀190(nn17–18),฀ 191n22 Associated฀Chinese฀Chamber฀of฀ Commerce,฀156,฀159 ASTRO฀satellite฀television,฀149,฀151 Australia,฀180,฀190n17 Azimi฀Daim,฀93 B Babas,฀xvii,฀9,฀11 Bahasa฀Malaysia 10฀MalaysianChinIndex.indd฀฀฀193 10/24/11฀฀฀11:19:38฀AM 194 Index bibles฀in,฀xxv,฀11,฀95,฀102 Chinese฀fluency฀in,฀57,฀183 Chinese฀Muslims฀and,฀36,฀42n20 in฀education฀policies,฀174,฀190n15 newspapers฀in,฀146,฀148,฀149 non-Muslim฀religions฀and,฀51 as฀official฀language,฀xxxi,฀8,฀20 Bajau,฀3 Barisan฀Alternatif,฀149 Barnes฀Report,฀xxx Berita฀Harian,฀145,฀146 Berjaya,฀116 BERSIH฀(Coalition฀for฀Clean฀and฀Fair฀ Elections) allegations฀of฀electoral฀fraud,฀76 formation,฀74 multi-ethnic฀nature฀of,฀103,฀154 online฀media฀coverage฀of,฀158,฀162 rally,฀92,฀130,฀154 Bidayuh,฀122n3 BN฀(Barisan฀Nasional).฀See฀also฀ Gerakan฀(Parti฀Gerakan฀Rakyat฀ Malaysia);฀MCA฀(Malaysian฀ Chinese฀Association);฀MIC฀ (Malaysian฀Indian฀Congress);฀ UMNO฀(United฀Malays฀National฀ Organization) arrogance,฀129 attempt฀to฀muzzle฀Internet,฀79–80 Chinese฀votes฀and,฀xxi,฀86,฀149 consociational฀democracy฀and,฀6 in฀East฀Malaysia,฀109,฀115,฀119,฀ 122n1,฀123n25,฀130 formation,฀5 media฀coverage฀of,฀155–56,฀158,฀ 161 prospects,฀82–83 rentier฀class฀and,฀xxvii 2008฀election฀results,฀xv Broga,฀Selangor,฀61 Brown,฀David,฀2 Buddhism,฀3,฀61,฀159 Bumiputra.฀See฀also฀Malay฀community Anwar฀Ibrahim฀and,฀135–36 business฀partners,฀55 education,฀170,฀189n8 household฀income,฀191n20 political฀fragmentation,฀129 population,฀3 Sabah฀Muslim,฀116–17 Sino-Kadazans,฀116 use฀of฀term,฀3,฀6 Bumiputra฀Commercial฀and฀Industrial฀ Community฀(BCIC),฀xxvi,฀127 Bumiputra฀policy alternatives฀to,฀15–16 education฀and,฀8,฀168,฀179,฀189n12 equity฀targets,฀xxvii,฀54,฀82,฀128– 29,฀142n5 Malay-Chinese฀relations฀and,฀xviii,฀7 NEP฀and,฀xxvi UMNO’s฀manipulation฀of,฀xvii,฀7 Bush,฀George฀W.,฀18,฀20 C Cambodia,฀152 Canada,฀180,฀190n17 Cantonese,฀114 CAT฀(competency,฀accountability,฀ transparency),฀73 Catholics,฀61 Central฀Bank฀of฀Malaysia,฀137 Centre฀for฀Public฀Policy฀Research,฀54 Chandra฀Muzaffar,฀11,฀19,฀150,฀158 Chang฀Teck฀Peng,฀152 Chan฀Hong฀Ham,฀George,฀xxv,฀111,฀ 112,฀113–15 Chan฀Kong฀Choy,฀150 Chew฀Mei฀Fun,฀78,฀91 Chin,฀James,฀xxiv–xxvi,฀109–23 China interest฀in฀Chinese฀language฀and,฀ 189n12 Malaysian฀Chinese฀and,฀xxxiii,฀39,฀ 148 manufacturing฀sector,฀54,฀55 10฀MalaysianChinIndex.indd฀฀฀194 10/24/11฀฀฀11:19:38฀AM Index 195 Muslims฀in,฀27,฀31 tertiary฀institutions฀in,฀191n19 China฀Press,฀147,฀150,฀151 Chinese฀community.฀See฀also฀Chinesemedium ฀education;฀non-Malays attitude฀to฀Islam,฀32–33,฀39,฀฀ 41n12 attitude฀to฀NEP,฀7,฀80,฀131 businesses,฀xxxiii,฀54–55 civil฀society฀groups,฀60–61 cultural฀identity,฀51 decline฀in฀power,฀xx,฀48–49 divisions฀within,฀57–58 in฀East฀Malaysia,฀109–23 education,฀xxxi,฀53,฀166–91 household฀income,฀191n20 imagining฀of฀Malaysia,฀xvi,฀17 Mahathir฀and,฀148–50 media,฀xxviii–xxx members฀of฀parliament,฀64 Muslims฀within,฀xviii–xix,฀26–42 political฀dilemmas,฀89–96 population,฀xx,฀xxxiv,฀3,฀48–49,฀ 116–17 poverty฀in,฀15,฀191n20 relations฀with฀Malays,฀9,฀32 religion,฀10,฀27 religious฀discrimination฀against,฀xxv,฀ 120–21 voting฀patterns,฀xxi,฀56,฀72...