Minority

Xinjiang’s rising job market: A blessing and a burden?

In some sectors, Xinjiang has generally outpaced the national average, but such positive indicators may not align with the actual employment experiences for some groups, especially the minority groups. Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Li Kang speaks with youths from Xinjiang to find out more.

Li Kang

Mandarin first: China’s new push for ethnic unity

The recent National People’s Congress passed the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, which requires Mandarin to be prominently featured whenever minority languages are also used. Would this open the door to other similar regulations in future, where minorities have to assimilate to show loyalty? Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Yush Chau finds out more.

Yush Chau

[Photos] Conquest, assimilation and diversity: How minority cultures shaped China 

A lesser-known fact about China is that it is ethnically diverse. Though the nation is predominantly Han Chinese, it is also home to 55 other officially recognised ethnic minorities. Historical photo collector Hsu Chung-mao tells us more about the history, culture and integration of these minority groups in China.

Hsu Chung-mao

[Video] Beyond the Olympics: China’s unique minority games

Ever seen tree climbing, swinging, or bamboo drifting in a sports festival? This is China’s National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities, where tradition meets athleticism. Join ThinkChina’s Yi Jina as she uncovers seven unique sports that might surprise you.

Yi Jina

America is not yet ready for a female president

Commentator Zhang Tiankan notes that US presidential candidate Kamala Harris lost the election due to her lack of experience and unconvincing campaign rhetoric. Meanwhile, voters picked President-elect Donald Trump in a rejection of the Democratic Party’s policies and measures.

Zhang Tiankan

Will the US collapse amid its 'culture wars'?

Throughout history, the US has seen a myriad of "culture wars" over various issues that have divided US society. But despite these divisions, the overall effect and climate in the US is still conducive to promoting universal values and general balance.

Fei-Ling Wang

Shedding the passive image: Ethnic Chinese need to step up in US society

Asians are generally known to be humble, tend to keep a low profile, and not strive for leadership positions. However, US academic Wu Guo argues that perhaps it is time for ethnic Chinese to take a leaf from white Americans' book and learn to be confident enough to step up.

Wu Guo

Ethnic minority leaders for the Central Committee: Countdown to CCP's 20th Party Congress

Li Cheng, director of the John L. Thornton China Center of the Brookings Institution, analyses ethnic minority representation in the CCP leadership past and present and picks out the ones to watch in the lead-up to the 20th Party Congress.

Li Cheng

Do Gen Z Americans hold the key to improving China-US relations?

American youths today are dealing with more issues and turmoil than their previous generations. US academic Wu Guo believes that the culmination of terrorist attacks, financial crises, social injustice and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have led to a generation that is more politically, socially and environmentally aware. These challenges and experiences could be a path for Americans to connect with the world outside of the US, in particular with China.

Wu Guo

The Xinjiang problem: Can Washington be the defender of all?

Amid revived calls for countries to boycott the Winter Olympics in Beijing over Xinjiang, academic Peter Chang reflects that the Xinjiang issue has drawn the attention of the West, Muslim populations and others around the world. But the issue, while important, has been further politicised in the wider US-China contest. Moral grandstanding by the West when confronting China does not help the situation either. How much collateral damage will there be in this strategic game?

Peter T.C. Chang

How a hoax pandemic donation sparked anti-Chinese and anti-China sentiments in Indonesia

A bizarre case involving a generous donation from a Chinese Indonesian family that never materialised has brought the spotlight on identity politics in Indonesia. When the fraud was revealed, praise for the Chinese Indonesian community quickly turned into a means for the anti-government (and anti-China and anti-Chinese) social media channels to attack the Indonesian government and ethnic Chinese in Indonesia.

Leo Suryadinata

A question of human rights: Is China an aggressor and oppressor?

Chinese academic Li Yuehua takes a look at reports on China's human rights record, and analyses whether it really deserves its negative reputation. Hasn't China tried to improve the lives of its people, and isn't the right to survival and development a major part of human rights? He believes that painting China as an aggressor and oppressor only fulfils the interests of a few politicians to the detriment of people-to-people relations between China and the West.

Li Yuehua