Oral Traditions of China

(传统说唱艺术的魅力) 4 min read   Oral storytelling has played a significant role in the development and preservation of civilizations worldwide, serving as an essential means of transmitting knowledge, cultural values, and historical narratives to the general public before the advent of mass literacy. This tradition, marked by vast regional diversity, encompasses various forms such as […]

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Who are the Chinese Overseas?

(海外华人来自何方) 6 min read   According to a 2020 United Nations estimate, approximately 10.7 million people of Chinese ethnicity live outside China. If their descendants are included, this figure rises to at least 60 million. Among this population, the largest communities reside in Thailand, followed by Indonesia, Malaysia, the United States, Singapore, Canada, and other

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Who are the Hakka people?

(客家人从何而来) 5 min read   Throughout history, the Hakka—a subgroup of the Han ethnic majority (汉人)—migrated southward in several waves from northern China to the coastal provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan (福建, 广东, 广西, 海南), as well as to Taiwan (台湾), in order to escape war, poverty, and social upheaval. Shaped by this

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Overseas Chinese in China’s War of Resistance against Japan

(海外华人在抗日战争中的贡献) 5 min read                                                                During China’s War of Resistance against Japan, overseas Chinese communities organized on a massive scale to support the struggle. More than 3,900 overseas Chinese groups were established worldwide. They conducted fundraising campaigns, donating money and materials to support frontline troops. For example, in 1942 Chinese communities in New York, Boston,

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Who are the Han Chinese?

(何谓汉族?) Reading Time: 5 minutes  While the Han ethnic group is often equated with Chinese, the latter includes 56 ethnic groups, with Han being the majority, making up more than 91% of the country’s population and nearly a fifth of the entire human species. The term “Han Chinese” refers to the descendants of the Han dynasty

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