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	Nationalities of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Conversely, Hakka are often thought of as an ethnic group, but they are generally considered to be within the subgroups of the Han ethnicity.
		Chinese ethnicities theory is heavily influenced by that of the Soviet Union.
		Official policy is against assimilation and maintains that each ethnic group should have the right to develop its own culture and language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Chinese_ethnic_groups (762 words)

	China article - China Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Wade-Giles - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From the Chinese point of view, the "Chinese" Empire included parts of modern far eastern Russia and Central Asia during the strongest periods of the Yuan, although China was merely one of many territories of the Mongol Empire.
		Chinese philosophers, writers, and poets have been mostly highly respected, and considered to be those preserving and promoting the culture of the empire.
		The Chinese characters have had many variants and styles throughout the history of China, and was "simplified" in mid-20th century in mainland China.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/China (1782 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Chinese American
		Ethnic Chinese immigration to the United States since 1965 has been aided by the fact that the United States maintains separate quotas for Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
		Legally all ethnic Chinese born in the United States are American citizens as a result of the Fourteenth Amendment and the 1898 United States v.
		Chinese Americans are divided among many subgroups based on factors such as generation, place of origin, socio-economic level, and do not have uniform attitudes about the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China on Taiwan, the United States, or Chinese nationalism, with attitudes varying widely between active support, hostility, or indifference.
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Chinese_American (2087 words)

	Ethnic groups in Chinese history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As many ethnic groups have appeared in history, this table is certainly not complete.
		conquered by Khitans, splinter groups and remnants re-emerged as Mongols
		Their culture has very much assimilated with the Chinese but some distinctive aspects still remain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Chinese_history (624 words)

	Languages of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chinese language policy is heavily influenced by Soviet nationalities policy and officially encourages the development of standard spoken and written languages for each of the
		Chinese spoken language, despite the fact that they are more different from each other than, for example, the Romance languages of Europe.
		Supporters of Chinese policies argue that both in theory and in practice that Chinese policies are rather supportive of multilingualism and the development of minority languages, and that China has a far better track record in these issues than some other countries, namely the United States.
	evil-wire.luvfeed.org /cache/3951 (838 words)

	The Chinese Community in Albuquerque, New Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The result of releasing this huge amount of opium on the Chinese people was socially devastating and Chinese officials, appalled at the conditions of their countrymen, shut down the illegal opium dens.
		The Chinese Exclusion Act, which forbade immigration by unskilled Chinese laborers remained on the books until it was repealed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1943.
		An annual parade is held and Kung Fu groups and Chinese acrobats are sometimes brought in to participate in the festivities.
	www.abqarts.org /cultural/survey/chinese-cs.htm (2572 words)

	Manchu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Manchu (Manchu: Manju; Chinese: 滿族 pinyin: Mǎnzú; often shortened to 滿, Mǎn) are an ethnic group who originated in Manchuria.
		Manchus have been largely assimilated by the surrounding Han Chinese and the Manchu language is almost extinct, being spoken only among a small number of elderly people.
		These efforts were largely unsuccessful in that Manchus gradually adopted the customs and language of the surrounding Han Chinese and, by the 19th century, spoken Manchu was rarely used even in the Imperial court.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Manchus (734 words)

	China proper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The conception implicit within the term is the historical development of the Chinese political entity from a distinct "Chinese" social entity and historically later additions of other territories not originally forming part of this "Chinese" entity.
		The general rough extent given for China proper is as follows: it is bounded north by Inner Mongolia, west by Tibet and Xinjiang, southwest by Burma, south by Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and the Gulf of Tonkin, southeast by the South China Sea, east by the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea and Manchuria.
		Outer China was the homeland of many non-Han Chinese tribes, like the Xiongnu and other minority ethnic groups in Chinese history, some of which tried to invade China proper, but sometimes became partially or wholly Sinicized, such as the Manchus.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/China_proper (1132 words)

	Chinese Ethnic Minorities
		The largest group, the Han, make up over 92% of China's vast population, and it is the elements of Han civilization that world considers "Chinese culture." Yet, the 55 ethnic minorities, nestled away on China's vast frontiers, maintain their own rich traditions and customs, and all are part of Chinese culture.
		Even though the modern concept of 56 ethnic groups is often considered an arbitrary and conservative summary of the hundreds of diverse peoples in China, it pales in comparison to the simplicity by which the ancient Han people distinguished their nomadic neighbors.
		Although over 400 minority groups answered a call to register, studies found that there was a lot of overlapping, and a significant number of groups that claimed to be separate were actually the same with different names.
	www.c-c-c.org /chineseculture/minority/minority.html (702 words)

	Utah History Encyclopedia
		Their Chinese food was more conducive to good health than the meat and starch diet of American workers, and their tea drinking helped protect them from diseases transmitted through polluted water.
		Between 1870 and 1880 the majority of Chinese in the state lived in Box Elder County, and were almost all employed as section hands on the railroad.
		This pattern of immigration was ushered in by changes in immigration laws: the repeal in 1943 of the Chinese Exclusion Act; the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952, which approved immigration from Asia; and the Immigration Act of 1965, which abolished the national-origins quotas.
	www.media.utah.edu /UHE/c/CHINESE.html (1421 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Manchu (manju; 滿洲) are an ethnic group who originated in Manchuria.
		Manchu (manju) was originally a tribal group of the Jurchen that Nurhaci belonged to.
		When the Beijing was captured by Li Zicheng in 1644, the Qing Empire invaded China proper and moved the capital from Mukden (Chinese city since the Warring States Period) to Beijing.
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/m/ma/manchu.html (397 words)

	Banana : A Chinese American Experience
		The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) is founded to preserve Chinese culture, maintain ties with China, and act as a liaison with American groups.
		Chinese community raises money to test the constitutionality of the Geary Act, which allowed deportation of Chinese when caught not carrying a certificate of residence.
		According to this act, Chinese who had obtained entry visas by fraud and misrepresentation would not be deported if a spouse, parent, or child was a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States.
	www.tenement.org /banana/history.html (1881 words)

	Chronology of Asian American History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chinese in Hawaii establish a funeral society, their first community association in the islands.
		U.S. decides that Chinese born in the U.S. can't be stripped of their citizenship.
		Chinese reformers Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao tour North America to recruit members for the Baohuanghui.
	web.mit.edu /21h.153j/www/chrono.html (2137 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ethnic groups in Chinese history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Hmong, also known as Miao (Chinese: 苗: Miáo; Vietnamese: Mẹo or Hmông; Thai: ม้ง (mong) or แม้ว (maew)), are an Asian ethnic group whose homeland is in the mountainous regions of southern China (especially Guizhou) that cross into northern Southeast Asia (northern Vietnam and Laos).
		The Khitan, in Chinese Qidan (å¥‘ä¸¹ Pinyin: QÃ¬dÄn), were an ethnic group which dominated much of Manchuria and was classified in Chinese history as one of the Tungus ethnic groups (æ±èƒ¡æ— dÅng hÃº zÃº).
		The king or wang (王 wang2) was the Chinese head of state from the Zhou to Qin dynasties.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ethnic-groups-in-Chinese-history (5551 words)

	Chinese Cultural Studies: Ethnography of China: Brief Guide
		The Chinese refer to themselves as Han or sons of Han (as in Han Dynasty, a period of great historical significance).
		Throughout history, small ethnic groups that came into contact with the Han Chinese have adopted Chinese culture and have been absorbed into the mainstream.
		Traditionally, the definition of a minority nationality in China is a group of people who speak a common language, occupy a common area, and share a common sense of social values.
	acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu /~phalsall/texts/chinethn.html (759 words)

	Manchu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Manchu (''manju'' in Manchu languageManchu; 滿族 (pinyin: mǎnzú) in Chinese, often shortened to 滿 (pinyin: mǎn) are an ethnic group who originated in Manchuria.
		Near the end of the Qing dynasty, Manchus were portrayed as outside colonizers by Chinese nationalismChinese nationalists such as Sun Yat-Sen, even though the Republican revolution he brought about was supported by many reform-minded Manchu officials and military officers.
		Like many Chinese families in Hawai'i, Leigh-Wai Doo's relatives were supporters of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the revolutionary who overthrew the Manchu Dynasty and helped to bring China into the 20th Century.
	www.infothis.com /find/Manchu (864 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Khitan, in Chinese Qidan (契丹 Pinyin: Qìdān), were an ethnic group who dominated much of Manchuria and classified in Chinese history as one of the Tungus ethnic groups (東胡族 dōng hú zú).
		They had been identified as a distinct ethnic group since paying tribute to the Northern Wei Dynasty in mid 6th century.
		The former was derived from Chinese, and the latter was apparently inspired by the Uighur alphabet.
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Khitan (279 words)

	Ethnic groups in Chinese history: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Ethnic groups in Chinese history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ethnic groups in Chinese history: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Ethnic groups in Chinese history
		As lots of ethnic groups ever appeared in history, this table is certainly not complete.
		The sole purpose of creating this page was provoking conservations and constructive arguments on connecting Eastern and Western knowledge of those ethnic groups.
	www.encyclopedian.com /tr/Tribes-in-Chinese-history.html (638 words)

	Mississippi Chinese: An Ethnic People In A Biracial Society
		Ironically, this situation provided numerous opportunities for persons of other ethnic backgrounds to immigrate to the state; its history of intolerance to “different” people notwithstanding.
		In this lesson, students will explore the ways Mississippians related to a new ethnic group introduced to the state in the 1870s: the Chinese.
		Using the population statistics quoted in the Mississippi History NOW article, have students prepare a bar graph showing the Chinese population of Mississippi from the 1870s to the present.
	teacherexchange.mde.k12.ms.us /mhnlp/mschineselp.htm (896 words)

	BUBL LINK: Chinese history
		Browsable and searchable timeline of events in the history of China from 500,000 BC to the present.
		Aforementioned documents describe the experiences of Chinese immigrants in California, including the nature of inter-ethnic tensions and highlight the specific contributions of Chinese immigrants to commerce and business, architecture and art, agriculture, industry, and cultural and social life in California.
		Detailed handbook describing the history of China and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.
	bubl.ac.uk /link/c/chinesehistory.htm (585 words)

	Great Wall of China - Great Wall of China - Travel to China
		It was preceded by several walls built since the 3rd century BC against the raids of Ethnic groups in Chinese historynomadic tribes coming from areas now in modern day Mongolia and Manchuria.
		The Wall stretches over a formidable 1 E6 m6,700 km (4,200 miles), from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Gulf in the east, at the limit between China proper and Manchuria, to Jiayu Pass (嘉峪关) in western Gansu province in the west, at the limit of the Gobi Desert and the oases of the Silk Road.
		A defensive wall on the northern border was built and maintained by several dynasties at different times in Chinese history.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Great_Wall_of_China (1334 words)

	IGCS - History (China WWW VL - Internet Guide for Chinese Studies)
		The WWW-VL History is the oldest part of the WWW Virtual Library project, started in 1993 by Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the WWW.
		Also included is the major exhibition of the Museum (Exhibition of Chinese History) with fotos covering exhibits of the time since the Palaeolithic age.
		Material on the history of the Qing dynasty, the Republic, and the PR China.
	www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de /igcs/ighist.htm (8198 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		See also: Timeline of Chinese history, History of Hong Kong, History of Macau, History of Taiwan
		The government of the PRC recognizes 56 total ethnic groups.
		Chinese Learning Center: Chinese language information and China Intelligence Reports
	www.askmytutor.co.uk /c/ch/china.html (1465 words)

	Chinese Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Learn Chinese In China- (Accredited) - Learn Chinese Language at China's leading Language Schools and Universities.
		Chinese language, refering to Standard Mandarin or any number of other Chinese "dialects"
		Han Chinese, the dominant ethnic group in China
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Chinese (280 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Smuggled Chinese: Clandestine Immigration to the United States (Asian American History and Culture) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		No one knows how many Chinese are being smuggled into the United States, but credible estimates put the number at 50,000 arrivals each year.
		Astonishing as this figure is, it represents only a portion of the Chinese illegally residing in the United States.
		Smuggled Chinese presents a detailed account of how this traffic is conducted and what happens to the people who risk their lives to reach Gold Mountain.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1566397332?v=glance (1019 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Ethnic America: A History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A distinguished economist traces the history of nine American ethnic groups--the Irish, the Germans, the Jews, the Italians, the Chinese, the Japanese, the Blacks, the Puerto Ricans, and the Mexicans--in order to explain their varied experiences in adapting to American society.
		The generalization is that minority group A can not succeed without the quota, or that all people save for minority group A, have a predisposition against minority group A. So the beauty of this book lies in it's objectivity.
		It gives hope for the future because through history that groups become more accepted in society as time passes and groups become part of the melting part.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0465020755?v=glance (1421 words)

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