Some Western scholars have criticized China's integration-oriented ethnic policies and compared them to the assimilation policies that the West used to implement.However,those familiar with the development of China's ...
"Hey,you're too tall.We need to fill you up!Don't you like it?!"Amid thecacophonyof jangling silver trinkets,traditional songs and the deep sonorous blasts of the lusheng,mouth organs fashioned from 6-meter-long bambo...
RHYTHMS OF ROMANCE People from the Miao ethnic group celebrate the Caihuashan Festival in Pengshui Miao-Tujia Autonomous County,Chongqing Municipality,on May 15.The traditional Miao festival stems from the ethnic grou...
It was not until Yu Youde was 12 years old that he and his family lived in a house made of bricks and con Crete. Before that, they lived in a forest with a primitive life of hunting, picking edible plants, farming and...
"Making it possible for people of all ethnic groups to have a good life has been my aspiration as well as our common goal",Xi wrote in his letter. Yunnan, which borders Myanmar, Laos and Viet Nam, has 25 ethnic minori...
In the language of the Derung ethnic group in China, Naze Naze Brao means "weaving slowly." This tradition and technique has been handed down for generations by the women of the ethnic group who weave blankets on loom...
British-Pakistani Sadiq Khan,the Labour Party candidate,was elected as the new Mayor of London on May 8.Khan’s victory has set two records in Britain and Western Europe.He has become London’s first mayor to come fro...
--Minority ethnic group officials are improving their capability. As stipulated in the Constitution of the People's Repub- lic of China, "Among the chairperson and vice-chairpersons of the standing committee of the...
Preface Regional ethnic autonomy is a fundamental political system under socialism with Chinese characteristics--a basic policy through which to solve problems relating to ethnic minorities.
China has a new spot on the UNESCO World Heritage ListThree sites of the Tusi heritage—areas resided in by ethnic minorities in southwest and central China from the 13th century to the mid-20th century—were added to...