Peranakan Chinese or Straits-born Chinese are the descendants of Chinese immigrants who came to the Malay archipelago between the 15th and 17th centur

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Peranakan Chinese or Straits-born Chinese are the descendants of Chinese immigrants who came to the Malay archipelago between the 15th and 17th centuries. The Khoo Kongsi, the interior of which is shown here, is the largest of their clan houses in Malaysia.

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