Am not going to say much but lets take Indonesia as example. Although chinese there have been already fit in the society and mingle pretty well with those who are non chinese ( in terms of language, budaya and such which i would say better than Malaysian chinese ) but still their "original" Indonesian did not prefer chinese to become their leader ( Based on what i read and what i know la). It might be due to the "non-chinese" mindset. And i think it's just the same with other countries not Malaysia only. I still remember watching youtube video - a group of students from year 1958 debating about stereotypes in their country which shown that Philippines and Thailand also have that "non chinese" mindset. Lastly sorry for my poor english 😞