Chinese education in Malaysia is an issue not only pertaining to education, but also pertaining to politics, race and other problem. From its start until now, Chinese education in Malaysia is closely related to China. In fact, we can say that the history of Malaysian Chinese education is the best illustration of the changing self-identity of Malaysian Chinese. So, this study is trying to connect the history of Malaysia Chinese education with the history of China since 1800s, exploring how the political situations in China effected Malaysian Chinese education at its early phase, and what kind of problems and plights confronted Malaysian Chinese education after Malaysia became independent from UK.