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Re:Patrick Collison's Questions by vore on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:21PM (#24257055)
Pretty sure China's not an ethnostate, as much as the CPC would want it to be, and pretty sure the lack of internal division is from their atrocious suppression of minority groups.
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Re:Patrick Collison's Questions by barry-cotter on Sunday August 23, 2020 @11:48PM (#24257387)
Less than 5% of the Chinese population is non-Han. I think the Manchu are the single largest minority and their language is for all practical purposes dead, along with any living distinct culture.
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Re:Patrick Collison's Questions by verroq on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:33PM (#24257102)
China is still vast majority Han Chinese, with 55 minorities. It does not invalidate the point.
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Re:Patrick Collison's Questions by actuator on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:34PM (#24257104)
Doesn't make what he said false though. If your state caters to mostly the wishes of the 93% majority suppressing others, you can effectively consider it to be an ethnostate for arguments.
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