China's Ethnic Minorities - 9781138910348

Taylor & Francis

China's Ethnic MinoritiesSocial and Economic Indicators\nAuthor(s): Rongxing Guo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138910348, 978-1138910348\nSynopsis\nThe majority of Chinas population is the Han. Till now, China has officially identified, except for other unknown ethnic groups and foreigners with Chinese citizenship, 55 ethnic minorities. Ethnic minorities vary widely in size in China. With a population of more than 15 million, the Zhuang have been the largest minority group, and the Lhoba, with only 2 thousand or more, the smallest. Chinas ethnic diversity has resulted in a special socioeconomic landscape of China itself. The book sets out to collect and estimate a full set of data on the socioeconomic situations of Chinas ethnic minorities.\n\nTill present, a complete socioeconomic picture of Chinas ethnic groups still remains unclear from Chinas official sources. How different have been Chinas ethnic minorit.