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I wonder how the Tibetans and Uighurs feel knowing that despite being part of different ethnic and linguistic groups, they're "being the same people" as the Han
by wavefunction 13y ago
I wonder how the Tibetans and Uighurs feel knowing that despite being part of different ethnic and linguistic groups, they're "being the same people" as the Han.
Probably warms their hearts these days to know they're being exterminated by "their own kind," as the Han are busy eradicating the native Tibetans and Uighurs and their cultures at this very moment.
"Thanks" for your insight.
- thaumasiotes 13y agoThe Han are doing well against the Uighurs; the Tibetans are doing a great job of holding their own. Han who move into Tibet suffer a variety of health problems. And, obviously, I was referring to the Manchus, who overran China, Tibet, central Asia, etc., and administered it all together. The Manchus who conquered Tibet were the same Manchus as the Manchus who conquered China. Note that they are just as separate, ethnically and linguistically, from the Han as the Han are from the Tibetans (the Qing imperial family's surname was four syllables long!). Imagine a horde of barbarians sweeping out of Mexico and taking over all of the US and Canada, administering all of North America as one big empire. After 2-300 years, the Mexicans fall from power, and ethnic Americans assume control of the empire. Would it make sense to talk about how the US took over Canada?