A shared history in more ways than one

One for the album: Nur Jazlan (right) with honorary adviser of the Malay Chinese Studies Centre at Beijing Foreign Studies University Senator Prof Datuk Seri Dr Awang Sariyan (centre) and Han Culture Centre of Malaysia president Datuk Goh Hin San after the launch of the seminar at Parliament. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: As Malaysia and China celebrate the golden jubilee of their diplomatic ties, Dewan Negara deputy president Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed has recounted his ancestral ties to the Middle Kingdom.

The 58-year-old leader said his maternal grandfather migrated to Malaysia in 1920 as China was grappling with an economic crisis as a result of the Opium Wars.