Malaysian children take a closer look at a lion dancer at the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) open house in Kuala Lumpur February 16. Malaysian Chinese mark the end of the 'year of the tiger' and usher in the Year of the Rabbit on Tuesday. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has told the country's large ethnic Chinese minority that government opponents are trying to sow racial harted and hinder development.

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