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Racial Identities in China: Context and Meaning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Frank Dikötter
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This yellow river, it so happens, bred a nation identified by its yellow skin pigment. Moreover, this nation also refers to its earliest ancestor as the Yellow Emperor. Today, on the face of the earth, of every five human beings there is one that is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor.

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Focus on Race and Racism in China
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The China Quarterly , Volume 138 , June 1994 , pp. 404 - 412
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1994

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