June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
242 pages
8h 46m
English
The case of Korean and Mongolminority groups
Blessed with the Earth's largest human resource base, the People's Republic of China is home to some 1.3 billion people. While a strong majority of this population is ethnic Han, the government officially recognizes 55 minority groups. Ethnic minority population nationwide exceeds 120 million with more than 100 distinct native languages (Clothey, 2005; de Varennes, 2006; Jacob, 2006; Zhou, 2000, 2001). Recent ethnic demonstrations and clashes with the government in the traditional minority regions of Tibet and Xinjiang highlight some of the tensions that exist in China today (Wong, 2009). The largest ethnic ...
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