In addition to the Han people, who form the majority of the population, there are 55 minority nationalities. Because they maintain an equal, harmonious and fraternal relationship with the Han ...

In the 1950s, the Chinese government organized a large-scale investigation for identification of the nationalities. After scientific differentiation, 55 minority nationalities were acknowledged ...

The move appears to put threatened Chinese regional dialects such as Cantonese and Hokkien under even greater pressure, along with minority languages ... of the economy and national unity.

Chinese nationalists are celebrating ... They speak out for persecuted minority groups like the Uyghurs and Tibetans. And they help sustain attention on Beijing’s crackdown of freedoms in ...

A new study published yesterday has found that ethnic minority students who don’t speak or write Chinese cannot qualify for 70 per cent of non-degree tertiary education courses. The study said a ...