Malaysian Chinese Association

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The Malaysian Chinese Association (Chinese: 马来西亚华人公会; Malay: Persatuan Cina Malaysia; abbr.: MCA/马华), formerly known as the Malayan Chinese Association, is a political party in Malaysia that seeks to represent the Malaysian Chinese community; it was one of the three original major component parties of the coalition party in Malaysia called the Alliance Party, which later became a broader coalition called Barisan Nasional. The party was once the largest party representing the Chinese community in Malaysia, and was particularly dominant in the early period until the late 1960s. Its fortunes fluctuated after the establishment of other political parties in the 1960s that challenged it for the Chinese votes, although it still enjoyed significant support in the mid-1990s to mid-2000s period. However, it has performed poorly in elections since 2008, with the Malaysian Chinese community mostly voting for the Democratic Action Party and People's Justice Party, and in the 2018 Malaysian general...

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