India Great and Free Series – 36

China – a prison of Nations

- Dr. K.M.Rao China

More than half of China's lying beyond the great wall were added to China by conquests. And along it western borders, 5000 miles long live the conquered people. Tibetans, Manchus, Uighurs, Mongols, and other sullen and rebellious. China has become a prison to its minorities.

It is said that a Nation is Judged by the way it treats its minorities. At the same it is chauvinistic about the identity of its own people – the Hans

Final Solution

China has been attempting “a final solution” by submerging the separate identity of the minorities in a sea of the Han race through colonization, forced marriages, and destruction of the visible symbols of their separate identity. There are about a hundred non-that ethnic groups in China. They are more than ten crores. It is insignificant compared to the Han race. They are concentrated in three provinces – Tibet, sin kiang and Inner Mongolia. Take away these three provinces, china will be reduced to a small state with little of resources.

China had two distinct lines of approach to tackle minorities – a Marxist line and Mao line. The Marxist line is based on self-determination which can be traced to 1920. But when Mao came to lead the party, the attitude began to change. Self-determination gave way to autonomy and autonomy gave way to assimilation.

Great Han chauvinism of Mao