Opinion: China's Narrative of Han Expansion
on December 1, 2012
China's focus on its role as victim of past humiliation is tempered by the spread of its largest ethnic group.
China's focus on its role as victim of past humiliation is tempered by the spread of its largest ethnic group.
Chinese people translate “New Yorker” into “New York Ke” to designate people living in New York City, including Chinese immigrants. But in Chinese, “ke” means “visitor” or “guest.” It has been a sad word in Chinese literature and poems for thousands of years, because what it really stands for are the people who stay in a place where they do not belong.