enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of ethnic groups in China - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_China

    Yamato people and Ryukyuan people, primarily Japanese settlers that remained in China after the Second Sino-Japanese War, which mostly were women and orphaned children [14] During the Fifth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China held in 2000, 734,438 people on the mainland were recorded as belonging to "undistinguished ...

  3. Peopling of China - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopling_of_China

    Comparisons between the Y chromosome SNP and MtDNA of modern Northern Han Chinese and 3,000 year old Hengbei ancient samples from China's Central Plains show they are extremely similar to each other and show continuity between ancient Chinese of Hengbei and current Northern Han Chinese while Southern Han Chinese were different from the people ...

  4. Genetic history of East Asians - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_East_Asians

    Y-chromosome O2-M122 is a common DNA marker in Han Chinese, as it appeared in China in prehistoric times, and is found in approximately 50% of Chinese males, with frequencies tending to be high toward the east of the country, ranging from 29.7% to 52% in Han from southern and central China, to 55–68% in Han from the eastern and northeastern ...

  5. Chinese people - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_people

    Overseas Chinese refers to people of Chinese ethnicity or national heritage who live outside the People's Republic of China or Taiwan as the result of the continuing diaspora. [31] People with one or more Chinese ancestors may consider themselves overseas Chinese. [32] Such people vary widely in terms of cultural assimilation.

  6. Ethnic groups in Chinese history - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Chinese...

    Ethnic Identity in Tang China. University of Pennsylvania Press. Beckwith, Christopher I. (2009): Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13589-2. Wu, K. C. (1982). The Chinese Heritage. New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN 0-517-54475-X.

  7. Khitan people - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khitan_people

    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 December 2024. Nomadic people who founded the Liao dynasty in China Ethnic group Khitan people Depiction of Khitans by Hugui (胡瓌, 9th/10th century), hunting with eagles Regions with significant populations East and Central Asia Languages Khitan, Middle Chinese Religion Majority: Chinese Buddhism ...

  8. Category:People of Chinese descent - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_of_Chinese...

    This category includes articles on people who (or whose ancestors) emigrated from China to other countries. ... Families of Chinese ancestry (7 C) = People of ...

  9. List of common Chinese surnames - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/.../List_of_common_Chinese_surnames

    The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" (simplified Chinese: 张三李四; traditional Chinese: 張三李四; pinyin: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", [4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China [5] and Chen in Taiwan. [6]