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Join Wikipedia Asian Month this November and December! Contribute in Wikipedia Asian Month and get a postcard! Malaysian Chinese or Chinese Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Chinese ethnicity. They form the second-largest ethnic group in Malaysia, after the Malay majority, and as of 2020, constituted 23.2% of the country's citizens.[2] In addition, Malaysian Chinese make up the second-largest community of overseas Chinese globally, after Thai Chinese. Within Malaysia, the ethnic Chinese community maintains a significant and substantial presence in the country's economy. Most Malaysian Chinese are descendants of Southern Chinese immigrants who arrived in Malaysia between the early 19th and the mid-20th centuries before the country attained independence from British colonial rule. The majority originate from the provinces of Fujian and Lingnan (including the three modern provinces of Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi). They belong to diverse linguistic subgroups speaking Chinese such as t

Malaysian Chinese - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Malaysian citizens of Chinese ethnicity This article is about people of Chinese ethnicity or nationality in Malaysia. For the variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Malaysia, see Malaysian Mandarin . For Malaysians in China, see Malaysian diaspora . {{lang|ms|Orang Cina Malaysia}}"},"image":{"wt":"Tow Boh Keong Kepala Batas CNY 01.jpg"},"image_upright":{"wt":"1.2"},"caption":{"wt":"The Tow Boh Keong Temple in [[Penang]], Malaysia during Chinese New Year"},"population":{"wt":"'''Han Chinese ethnicity'''<br />'''6

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