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The Miao People of Southeastern China

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April 14th 2013
Hello everybody, We visited a remote village near Qiandongnan. Less than 10% of the entire population of China is considered a minority. We think of minorities as people who have been in the country for three or four generations. These minorities have been in China for 4,000 years! The Miao (pronounced meow) people are the largest minority in this region. Their homes have cell phones and teleph ... read more

Asia » China

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more