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by uxp100 2364 days ago
I really don’t know much about it, but I think the Han identity is similar to whiteness in the US, right? A coalition of groups that not that long ago would not have considered themselves the “same.” The Chinese govt seems to consider constructing a unified Chinese identity pretty important, maybe anticipating that once they start failing to make the standard of living gains they’ve made over the past decades ethnic tensions could be destabilizing?
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Or, they could just be racist.

Sometimes, call a kettle a kettle.