Theory on Nationality and Dynamics of Inter-Ethnic Relations in China : A Cultural Anthropological Approach

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By reviewing Xiaotong Fei's vision on Chinese Nationalities, we extracted several important features of his concept 'minzu'. Then, based on fieldworks among Yao and She in Guangdong, Lee in Hainan, Zheyuanren in Guangxi, Dai in Yunnan, Hakka in Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, and Guangxi, Hui in Nanjing, Dong and Miao in Guizhou, and Qiang in Sichuan, we made case studies on the historical process of minorities' articulation into the network of Han Chinese, the process of their integration into the modern nation state, and the changing pattern of inter-ethnic relation under the China's recent social condition, through which we have reached some understanding on the background, the academic value, and the limits of Fei's vision.