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| | Zhonghua Minzu -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Many hold that this concept was introduced by (Click link for more info and facts about Chinese nationalists) Chinese nationalists to justify the political integration of various ethnic groups of China. |
 | | However, individuals within those minority ethnic groups (or indeed individuals with in the majority Han ethnicity) do not necessarily view themselves as part of the Zhonghua minzu, or indeed as Chinese in any sense. |
 | | Other groups, such as those of south-central/western China, including the (Click link for more info and facts about Miao) Miao, (A branch of the Tai languages) Zhuang, and (A Loloish language) Yi, may not be culturally "Chinese" (that is, Han), yet it would be difficult to consider them politically or geographically independent from China. |
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