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In the south, there are a variety of non-Han groups, including some who are sometimes called Miao tribesmen, Yao, and a variety of others.
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For decades, China has brutally crushed even the mildest aspirations for self-rule among the non-Han Chinese peoples in its midst.
China's Double Game on Terrorism Rebiya Kadeer 2011
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But she describes as well the "vast inequalities between the reproductive haves and have nots ... city and village, coastal and interior regions, migrant and non-migrant population, and Han and non-Han groups...."
China's Dreams of Superior Children Jonathan Mirsky 2011
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Therefore, the incorporation of Yunnan, originally a non-Chinese area, added a new dimension to Chinese culture as soon as its regional culture and identity were created after ethnic non-Han groups had been taken as Chinese imperial subjects.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Native jinshi between1750 and 1850 numbered more than 70.131 Hence the natives played an active role both on many provincial and national stages. 132 In addition, many local non-Han customs such as those of the Tuzhu (local lord) cult had turned into regional southwestern customs, and were even regarded as part of the national culture, a continuity of indigenization.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Therefore, interactions between Han and non-Han peoples, especially the incorporation process, have continuously transformed the meaning of Chineseness or of Chinese identity, which confirms Fei's argument of the existence of the Chinese nation.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Both the Ming and Qing states facilitated late imperial Chinese colonization, whether of Han Chinese or non-Han people.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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In Yunnan alone there are over twenty other non-Han native peoples.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Such a myth is widely accepted even by diverse non-Han ethnic groups in Yunnan.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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In Yunnan alone there are over twenty other non-Han native peoples.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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