 Chinese migrants were evacuated from the riot-torn Solomon Islands.Ethnic politics can be found to motivate both sides of the debate.In Malaysia, ethnic Chinese tend to support equal and meritocratic treatment on the expectation that they would not be discriminated against in the resulting competition for government contracts, university places, etc., whereas many "Bumiputra" ("native sons") Malays oppose this on the grounds that their group needs such protections in order to retain their patrimony.