While Chinese educators fought fiercely for official recognition of their language, after Malaysia gained its independence, long-time resident Chinese families began to settle down and integrate rather than continue to identify themselves as citizens of the Republic of China.
雖然華教人士極力爭取華文地位，但是大馬在 1957 年獨立後，世居此地的華人多已逐漸認同馬來西亞做為安身立命的國度，不再以中華民國僑民自居。