In this blogpost, Woeser casts her eye over the historical Xinhai Revolution of 1911, ruminates on the repercussions it had for Tibet and also compares the fate of Tibetans with Mongolians and Uyghurs. For our own ruminations on the concept of "nationalities" or "minorities", read our 2009 post "Going Minzu".
Read a French translation of this post here.
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| The “Republic of the Five Nationalities” that appeared in China after the Xinhai Revolution |
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| Showing the 56 ethnic minorities that were identified after the establishment of the People’s Republic |
