Malaysian Chinese Association

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The Malaysian Chinese Association is a major component party of Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional coalition, historically representing and advocating for the political, economic, and cultural interests of the country’s ethnic Chinese community.

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Malaysian Chinese Association canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Malaysian political party
political party
advocacyArea Chinese cultural rights in Malaysia
Chinese-language education in Malaysia
business and commerce interests
coalitionMemberOf Barisan Nasional
coalitionPartner Malaysian Indian Congress
United Malays National Organisation
country Malaysia
electoralSystemContext Malaysian parliamentary democracy
ethnicConstituency Chinese Malaysians
surface form: Malaysian Chinese
focusArea cultural interests of Malaysian Chinese
economic interests of Malaysian Chinese
political interests of Malaysian Chinese
founder Malaysian Chinese community leaders
foundingDate 1949-02-27
foundingLocation Kuala Lumpur
governingPeriod part of ruling coalition for most years between 1957 and 2018
hasWing MCA Wanita
MCA Youth
headquartersCountry Malaysia
headquartersLocation Kuala Lumpur
historicalStatus major component party of Barisan Nasional
one of the oldest political parties in Malaysia
ideology centre-right politics
conservatism
legislativeBody Dewan Negara
Dewan Rakyat
membershipBase Malaysian citizens of Chinese descent
parentCoalitionIdeology Malay nationalism
conservatism
participatesIn Malaysian general elections
partyColor blue
white
politicalPosition centre-right
previousCoalition Alliance Party
primaryLanguage Chinese
English
Malay
primaryReligionAmongMembers Buddhism
Christianity
Taoism
regionOfActivity West Malaysia
surface form: Peninsular Malaysia
shortName MCA
stateLegislativeBodies various Malaysian state legislative assemblies
symbol scale
website https://www.mca.org.my

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Chinese Malaysians politicalPartyTraditionallySupported Malaysian Chinese Association