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Interesting stuff. I won't pretend to understand the inner workings of the party haha. I have heard they very aggressively rotate party members so that they don

Interesting stuff. I won't pretend to understand the inner workings of the party haha. I have heard they very aggressively rotate party members so that they don't establish deep rooted regional networks - and that you aren't ever assigned from the region you're from. So that seems to be in line with what you illustrate. I also know they have intense quotas for minorities and affirmative action - but with the demographics involved I don't imagine you'd really get anyone other than Han executives most of the time Though in the end it's a bit besides the point. The state and the people concerned for the most part don't perceive themselves as an ethnostate - and it's their selfidentification which is at play here. I could see it changing - but a Han ethnostate would be a bit scary. It'd mean loosing legitimacy over minority areas - but there are huge Han minorities in most Asian countries. So far the Chinese state hasn't pushed the line that it's got an obligation to represent their interests (though it's come up) It's interesting that by contrast in my experience in Taiwan there is much more of a perception that they're a Han ethnostate. There are a few "aboriginal" and other minorities - but it's mostly viewed as a curiosity

seanmcdirmid 3y ago
I think the ethnostate label isn’t really accurate in China. Paternalistic state is more accurate, Confucian values still hold. The goal isn’t create a monoethnic state, rather the Han see themselves as best apt to govern and guide the other ethnic groups. A lot of the ethnic tension simply comes from minorities seeing such paternalism as condescending.
- hayst4ck 3y ago
  Paternalism is just a different word for oppression. It encodes the power relationship, but with the implication of care. Ask the Uighers, Tibetans, and the Hong Kongers, or even the Taiwanese what they think of china's "Paternalism," or if they feel China is a caring "parent." > A lot of the ethnic tension simply comes from minorities seeing such paternalism as condescending. This is an equivocated way of saying ethnic minorities feel oppressed by the ethnic ruling class. > the Han see themselves as best apt to govern and guide the other ethnic groups This statement seems like barely concealed "Han supremacy". Your words say the architecture of china is an ethnostate while the phrasing is a facade of benevolence.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago

I think the ethnostate label isn’t really accurate in China. Paternalistic state is more accurate, Confucian values still hold. The goal isn’t create a monoethnic state, rather the Han see themselves as best apt to govern and guide the other ethnic groups. A lot of the ethnic tension simply comes from minorities seeing such paternalism as condescending.

hayst4ck 3y ago
Paternalism is just a different word for oppression. It encodes the power relationship, but with the implication of care. Ask the Uighers, Tibetans, and the Hong Kongers, or even the Taiwanese what they think of china's "Paternalism," or if they feel China is a caring "parent." > A lot of the ethnic tension simply comes from minorities seeing such paternalism as condescending. This is an equivocated way of saying ethnic minorities feel oppressed by the ethnic ruling class. > the Han see themselves as best apt to govern and guide the other ethnic groups This statement seems like barely concealed "Han supremacy". Your words say the architecture of china is an ethnostate while the phrasing is a facade of benevolence.