New Research

All starts with Chinese Characters.

China is a multinational country, with a population composed of a large number of ethnic and linguistic groups. So thoroughly did the Han dynasty (206 BCE –220 CE ) establish what was thereafter considered Chinese culture that “Han” became the Chinese word denoting someone who is Chinese.

Read more: 8.1 The Ethnicities of China: Bai Miao and Tibetan 中国的民族:白族、苗族和藏族