Chinese Nationalities


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Minorities at the Yunnan World's Exposition in 1999
  1. China's 56 Recognized Nationalities
  2. China's Official Minority Policy
  3. China's Official Minority Definition
  4. China's Minority Uprisings
  5. Some Alternate Minority Spellings
  6. An Alphabetic list of Minorities
  7. 56 Minority Miniature Clay Figures

China has some other unclassified or unspecified Nationalities numbering some 1,072,642 people. In the 1953 census 41 minority nationalities were specified. In the 1964 census, there were 183 nationalities registered, among which the government recognized only 54. Of the remaining 129 nationalities, 74 were considered to be part of the officially recognized 54, while 23 were classified as "other nationalities" and the remaining 32 were classified as "indeterminate."

Foreign Nationals who have become Chinese citizens --- 3,421

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