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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
24 Dec 1999
National Minorities
Policy and Its Practice in China - White Paper, Sep 1999
Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, PRC
Site contents:
(i) A United Multi-Ethnic Country;
(ii) Adherence to Equality and Unity Among Ethnic Groups;
(iii) Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities;
(iv) Promoting the Common Development of All Ethnic Groups;
(v) Preservation and Development of the Cultures of Ethnic Minorities.
[The document is a part of the official White Papers
site (www.china.org.cn/English/WhitePapers/) with English language
documents from the period 1997-99.
Acc. to the 'National Minorities' paper there are 56 ethnic groups identified and confirmed
by the Central Government, namely, the Han (91.96 percent of the of
the country's total population in 1990), and the national minorities
(8.04 percent in 1990): Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi,
Zhuang, Bouyei, Korean, Manchu, Dong, Yao, Bai, Tujia, Hani, Kazak,
Dai, Li, Lisu, Va, She, Gaoshan, Lahu, Shui, Dongxiang, Naxi, Jingpo,
Kirgiz, Tu, Daur, Mulam, Qiang, Blang, Salar, Maonan, Gelo, Xibe,
Achang, Pumi, Tajik, Nu, Ozbek, Russian, Ewenki, Deang, Bonan, Yugur,
Jing, Tatar, Drung, Oroqen, Hezhen, Moinba, Lhoba and Jino.
The Tibetan Government's response of 9 Oct 1999 noting
China's ongoing attempts of ethnic cleansing is available online
(www.tibet.com/NewsRoom/diir9.html). The White Paper related cyber
press kit (www.caccp.org/activities/cyber-press-kit1.html)
of 17 Dec 1999 by 'UCF-Students for a Free Tibet', and 'Citizens Against Communist
Chinese Propaganda (CACCP)' of Orlando, Florida,
with links to views from Inner Mongolia, Eastern Turkestan, Tibet, and
Taiwan is also available on the Net.
- ed.]
URL http://www.china.org.cn/English/WhitePapers/MinoritiesPolicy/
Link suggested by: Jack Churchward (trinley@churchward.com)
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