▲ 287 ▼ China’s population, expressed in units of Canadas (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 day ago* by Wurzl@lemmy.zip to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] yucandu@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (3 children) Now do racial diversity permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] story@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago* (2 children) do indigenous ethnic groups count or no? china and India together have a few hundred indigenous populations that didn't get genocided, and a few hundred that did (most before 1900 for stupid reasons). Canada succeeded at almost all of theirs, the west is really good at getting rid of things they don't want, China tries to construct systems that please them without giving them real power, which is also evil but definitely beats 'killing the indian and saving the man' it would take several classes to understand diversity in China because of their government system and long history but this English wiki article is a great start https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_China I've always found that it's better to just focus on what people are likely to become invested in rather than expecting them to read everything. this is a much shorter article, read this one instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyz_in_China permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yucandu@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago They don't count when China's actively driving them out, no. I grew up with them, here, in Canada, because of what China has done to the non-Han people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] story@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 hours ago i hope this sends someone down a Kyrgyzstan rabbit hole, it would be a great honor to enrich you with this knowledge permalink fedilink source parent
[–] story@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago* (2 children) do indigenous ethnic groups count or no? china and India together have a few hundred indigenous populations that didn't get genocided, and a few hundred that did (most before 1900 for stupid reasons). Canada succeeded at almost all of theirs, the west is really good at getting rid of things they don't want, China tries to construct systems that please them without giving them real power, which is also evil but definitely beats 'killing the indian and saving the man' it would take several classes to understand diversity in China because of their government system and long history but this English wiki article is a great start https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_China I've always found that it's better to just focus on what people are likely to become invested in rather than expecting them to read everything. this is a much shorter article, read this one instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyz_in_China permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yucandu@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago They don't count when China's actively driving them out, no. I grew up with them, here, in Canada, because of what China has done to the non-Han people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] story@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 hours ago i hope this sends someone down a Kyrgyzstan rabbit hole, it would be a great honor to enrich you with this knowledge permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago They don't count when China's actively driving them out, no. I grew up with them, here, in Canada, because of what China has done to the non-Han people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] story@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 hours ago i hope this sends someone down a Kyrgyzstan rabbit hole, it would be a great honor to enrich you with this knowledge permalink fedilink source parent