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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Predominantly Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism. Small Christian, Muslim, Xiantian and other religious minorities. Background of Confucianism and Chinese folk religion. Han Chinese (simplified Chinese: 汉族 or 汉人; traditional Chinese: 漢族 or 漢人; pinyin: hànzú or hànrén) are an ethnic group native to China and, by most modern definitions, the largest single ethnic group in the world. Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China (mainland China), 98% of the population of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the entire global human population. There is substantial genetic, linguistic, cultural, and social diversity among the subgroups of the Han, mainly due to thousands of years of immigration and assimilation of various regional ethnicities and tribes within China. The Han Chinese are a subset of the Chinese nation (Zhonghua minzu). An alternative name that many Chinese peoples use to refer to themselves is "Descendants of the Dragon" (Chinese: 龍的傳人 or 龙的传人). Many Han and other Chinese also call themselves "Descendants of the Yan Di (Yan Emperor) and Huang Di (Yellow Emperor)" (Chinese: 炎黃子孫 or 炎黄子孙). From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What is the population of Xinjiang?how many % muslim and how many percent Han Chinese? Q. Why the ethnic minorites group in Xinjiang will coonvert to muslim? Asked by Datuk Seri Man - Sat Jul 11 10:00:52 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Xinjiang's population today is around 20 million (19,630,000 according to the 2004 census). Of those the muslims peoples are around 58% (Uyghurs 45%, Kazakhs 7%, Hui 5%, and smaller groups of Kirgiz, Dongxiang, Pamiris, Uzbeks and others) while around 41% are Han Chinese. The various groups of Uyghurs (like most Turki/Persian peoples of Central Asia) converted to Islam between the 10th and 15th centuries, due to influence from the Muslim traders of the Silk Road. Before that, most of these peoples were Buddhists, including the majority populations of present day Xinjiang, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. There were also significant minorities of Nestorian Christians (related to an Assyrian Christian group)… [cont.] Answered by juexue - Sun Jul 12 19:44:53 2009 What is the role of the woman in Han chinese society? Q. Please help me out, I can't find this answer anywhere in my history textbook. OK thanks Asked by Olivia - Mon Nov 30 19:25:51 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments Does anyone know why ethic Han Chinese are the only chinese that need to follow one child policy?
Q. Does anyone know? Asked by RaeRawr - Sun May 31 20:07:29 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. No..that is not correct,it applies to all Chinese families and not just Han people.People that live in rural areas in village situations sometimes have more than one,but the rule in China is still one child. Answered by Bronco Billy - Wed Jun 3 04:44:00 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Han Chinese"  cpj.org Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:07:41 GMT+00:00 CPJ Press Freedom Online Authorities have blamed local and international Uighur sites for fueling the violence between Uighurs and Han Chinese in the predominantly Muslim Xinjiang ... China sentences Uighur to 15 years in prison for talking to foreigners Telegraph.co.uk Uighur journalist gets 15 years for interview comments Tibetan Review Press freedom groups condemn jailing of journalist in China The Guardian allvoices  energytribune.com Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:20:08 GMT+00:00 Energy Tribune However, Han Chinese population has been on the steady rise due mostly to the energy projects expansion. Xinjiang has about 13% of the country's crude oil ...  economist.com Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:22:19 GMT+00:00 The Economist Meanwhile, Han Chinese flood in their tens of thousands each year on to the Tibetan plateau, making up in numbers what they lack in genetic disposition. ... From Google News Search: "Han Chinese"  cdn.wn.com 328px x 468px | 42.10kB [source page] photo AP  theminiaturespage.com 400px x 400px | 22.70kB [source page] This completes the Biblical Classical Eastern and Dark Ages figures in the 15mm Chariot range We are now focusing on photography of the Napoleonics in 15mm From Yahoo Image Search: "Han Chinese"  uyghurcongress.org editor-en-kurshat Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:25:46 GM It was the summer of 1980, when a crowd of Uighur children tried to force their way into a movie theater reserved for . Han. . During a scuffle with . Chinese. soldiers, a Uighur boy was grievously injured and in the melee that followed, ... From Google Blog Search: "Han Chinese"  divxfilmleri.com Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:22:46 PST the legend of listening to the dolphins do according to legend the dolphins had mouth a steel ring to help a pair of lovers separated by re ... divxfilmleri.com.  youtube.com Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:03:28 PDT "Han Zi Gong" is an educational video of immaculate artistic quality. Containing 720 episode. youtube.com.  youtube.com Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:45:43 PDT Asia very late in history (around 700 or 800 AD), much later than Han Chinese did in 200 BC. ** Chinese Han Dynasty in Xinjiang (206 BC to 220 AD ... youtube.com. From Google Video Search: "Han Chinese" |
