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Chinas Cultural Clash

Johanna Franz-Riegler , Sabine Großschartner

THERE ARE 56 DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS IN CHINA

91.96 %

1159.4 million people

Han language ->lingua franca of China

Religions: Christianity, Daoism

8.04 % of China‘s populationHave their own languagesDifferent religious beliefs:Islam, Buddhism, Mongolism and Shamanism

Islam, Buddhism, Mongolism and Shamanism.

The PRC Constitution guarantees equal rights

Excluded from One-Child Policy Well presented in National People’s

Congress and governments "regional autonomies"

Ethnic minorities don’t benefit from China's fast economic growth

In 538 out of 592 countries live ethnic minorities

Racial problems Allocation of resources Han Chinese take best jobs

In the 1950s Tibet became a part of China Tibetan people sabotaged Olympic Games

because they want independence The Dalai Lama (exiled leader of Tibetan

people) denies this

Leaders: Dalai Lama - Panchen Lama

October 2008 :the Dalai Lama said that he wants to withdraw from government

Taiwan was handed over Chiang Kai-Shek

Civil WarMao Zedong defeated Chiang Kai-

Shek„Taiwan independence“

Mao Zedong Chiang Kai-Shek