ABSTRACT
The Chinese in Malaysia and the Turks in Germany are examples of two types of ethnopolitical groups. The Chinese are communal contenders, a cohesive and culturally distinct group that is mainly concerned about using its limited political influence in a Malay-dominated society to protect Chinese economic advantages and cultural interests. The Turks are an ethnoclass, a classlike immigrant minority that was originally expected to work temporarily in Germany and then return to Turkey. The government forces consisted mainly of British Europeans and Malays; all of their opponents were Chinese, who were concentrated on the country's west coast, as shown in The Emergency was one of the numerous insurrections that swept Southeast Asia following World War II. Since independence, Malaysia has been committed to a multiparty parliamentary form of government, a working democracy in which Chinese and other minorities are represented. At the beginning of 2001 Germany had 7.3 million registered foreigners, about 9 percent of its population.
