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Where exactly does this “Han” stuff come from because most people in China are not actually han and those in Taiwan are not han.
by philliphaydon 4y ago
Where exactly does this “Han” stuff come from because most people in China are not actually han and those in Taiwan are not han.
- ajross 4y agoI'm using what amounts to this definition, under which, yes, Taiwan and China are both majority Han: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese As stated, ethnicity is complicated and people everywhere want to have fights over these subjects. I won't engage, that's pointless.
- philliphaydon 4y agoOh so it doesn’t actually have anything to do with blood or descent. Just cultural inheritance from han dynasty.
- ajross 4y agoI know I said I wouldn't engage, but just to point out: nothing in the linked page substantiates "doesn't actually have anything to do with". I'm not interested in getting into an ethnicity argument, but please don't misrepresent source material.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoThe vast majority of Chinese and Taiwanese identify as Han. China is effectively an ethnostate that is cleansing minorities.
- philliphaydon 4y agoMost people in Taiwan don’t identify as Han.
- HDThoreaun 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan 95% Han
- philliphaydon 4y agoPeople in Taiwan don't walk down the street saying "im han im han im han"... They don't call themselves 'han chinese', they don't call themselves 'chinese'. If you read what I wrote. > Most people in Taiwan don’t identify as Han.