Most people (including me, until I moved here…. we can thank the LAUSD for that) think of China as a monolithic homogeneous country and culture. On the contrary China is comprised of several diverse minority groups. The reason for our (my) misconceptions is due to the fact that about 92% of the Chinese population are of the Han Chinese ethnicity. There are however over 56 other minority groups that make up the people of China. Unfortunately these “other” 56 ethnic groups are a “silent minority”. Among the glitz and glam of a new and improved China, they simply live as ghosts in their own country. Many of them know only a life of poverty and begging. When I saw this little girl, my heart broke…..
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