The Chinese and Straits Chinese
It was in Melaka in the fifteenth century that the first significant Chinese community established itself. However, the ancestors of the majority of Chinese now living in Peninsular Malaysia emigrated from southern China in the nineteenth century to work in the burgeoning tin-mining industry. In Sarawak and Sabah, Chinese played an important part in opening up the interior. Chinatowns developed throughout the region, and Chinese traditions became an integral part of a wider Malayan culture. The Malaysian Chinese are well represented in parliament and occupy around a quarter of the current ministerial positions. One of the few examples of regional intermarrying is displayed in the Peranakan or "Straits-born Chinese" heritage of Melaka and Penang. When male Chinese immigrants married local Malay women, their male offspring were termed "Baba" and the females "Nonya". Baba-Nonya society, as it became known, adapted elements from both cultures to create its own traditions: the descendants of these sixteenth-century liaisons have a unique culinary and architectural style. Most follow Chinese Confucianism and speak a distinct Malay dialect
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