Asserting Uyghur Identity from China’s “Central Plains”

2019 ◽  
pp. 50-71
Author(s):  
Timothy Grose
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Han Chinese ◽  
Central Plains ◽  
Chinese Identity

The second chapter assesses the effectiveness of the program in meeting its political goals and argues that Uyghur Xinjiang Class graduates embrace an ethno-national identity in contradistinction to a corporate Chinese identity. This identity, expressed through renewed efforts to practice Islam, the insistence on speaking Uyghur, and the reluctance to befriend Han Chinese classmates, persists after the Xinjiang Class. Paradoxically, these assertions of “Uyghurness” would not be possible if these students did not already embrace a state-defined “Chinese” identity.

scholarly journals Ancient DNAs and the Neolithic Chinese super-grandfather Y haplotypes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyun Lei ◽  
Hongyao Chen ◽  
Jiawei Li ◽  
Hui Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Y Chromosome ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Han Chinese ◽  
Before Present ◽  
Central Plains ◽  
Human Samples ◽  
Genetic Groups ◽  
Genome Wide

Abstract Background: Previous studies identified 3 Neolithic Han Chinese super-grandfather Y haplotypes, F5 (O2a2b1a1a), F46 (O2a2b1a2a1), and F11 (O2a1b1a1a1a), but their relationships with the archaeological and written records remain unexplored. Results: We here report genome wide DNA data for 11 ancient human samples (0.02x-1.28x) from China ranging from 6500 to 2500 years before present (YBP), which also includes ~11 Mb Y NRY data for one sample. The 11 ancient samples belonged to 4 different genetic groups, designated as Dashanqian (DSQ) of Xiajiadian Culture in the Northeast, Duzhong (DZ) of late Yangshao Culture in the Central Plains, Zhengzhou Xishan (ZX) of Miaodigou Culture in the Central Plains, and Others. Present day F5 samples were closer in autosomal distances to the ZX and DSQ groups while O1, O2, and C samples were closer to the DZ group. We also sequenced the Y chromosome of one of these ancient samples K12 from DSQ and found both K12 and a previously reported ~4000 year old sample MG48 from Northwest China to have the F2137 (O2a2b1a1a1a2a) haplotype, belonging to the most prolific branch F438 immediately under F5. We further found close relationships between ZX and DSQ and between ZX and ancient M117 Tibetans or present day Southwest Dai Chinese carrying the F5 subtype O2a2b1a1a6. Conclusions: The results imply radiations of F5 subtypes from the putative place of F5 origin in Henan. These results are remarkably consistent with archaeological and written records.

scholarly journals Ancient DNAs and the Neolithic Chinese super-grandfather Y haplotypes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyun Lei ◽  
Hongyao Chen ◽  
Hui Zhou ◽  
Shi Huang
Keyword(s):  
Y Chromosome ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Han Chinese ◽  
Before Present ◽  
Central Plains ◽  
Genetic Groups ◽  
Genome Wide

AbstractPrevious studies identified 3 Neolithic Han Chinese super-grandfather Y haplotypes, O2a2b1a1a-F5, O2a2b1a2a1-F46, and O2a1b1a1a1a-F11, but their relationships with the archaeological and written records remain unexplored. We here report genome wide DNA data for 12 ancient samples (0.02x-1.28x) from China ranging from 6500 to 2500 years before present (YBP). They belonged to 4 different genetic groups, designated as Dashanqian (DSQ) of Xiajiadian Culture in the Northeast, Banpo (BP) of middle Yangshao Culture in the Central West, Zhengzhou Xishan (ZX) of Miaodigou Culture in the Central Plains, and Others. Present day F5 samples were closer in autosomal distances to the ZX and DSQ groups while F11, C, O1, and O2 samples were closer to the BP group. We also sequenced the Y chromosome of one of these ancient samples K12 from DSQ and found both K12 and a previously reported ~4000 year old sample MG48 from Northwest China to have the O2a2b1a1a1a2a-F2137 haplotype, belonging to the most prolific branch O2a2b1a1a1-F438 immediately under F5. We further found close relationships between ZX and DSQ and between ZX and ancient M117 Tibetans or present day Southwest Dai Chinese carrying the F5 subtype O2a2b1a1a6, implicating radiations of F5 subtypes from the putative place of F5 origin in ZX. These results are remarkably consistent with archaeological and written records.

Muslim Ancestor, Chinese Hero or Tutelary God

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 747-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oded Abt
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Linear Process ◽  
Han Chinese ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Familial History ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Chinese Identity ◽  
Family Narratives ◽  
National Hero

This paper examines the dynamic boundaries of Chinese identities and the role of family narratives in their formation. It examines the interplay between history and memory, focusing on traditions regarding ancestors of the Fujian Guo lineage of Muslim descent in China, Taiwan and the Philippines, over six centuries. Existing scholarship approaches these traditions in ethnic terms, corresponding to the ethnic discourse prevalent in the P.R.C., focusing solely on mainland groups, but overlooking other variations found overseas. Hence, scholars portray the changing narratives as reflecting a linear process: from past sinicisation, to today’s more “historically authentic” Hui identity. The present analysis offers a broader socio-cultural overview, showing how the pan-Asian Guo lineage re-imagines familial history across time and space by highlighting the forced assimilation narrative in which their early Ming ancestors falsely adopted Guo Ziyi, a Han-Chinese national hero, as their ancestor. The paper follows the narrative’s continuous transformations, analysing different interpretations of assuming Chinese identity among Muslims’ descendants within different contexts of contemporary Asia.

scholarly journals Research on the Levirate Marriage for the Han Chinese during Yuan Dynasty

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Zongyan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Yuan Dynasty ◽  
Han Chinese ◽  
State Law ◽  
Central Plains ◽  
Two Cultures ◽  
Ancient Time ◽  
The Two Cultures ◽  
The Law ◽  
And Control

The levirate marriage has been continued for thousands of years in the ancient time of China until after the People's Republic when it died out. In Yuan Dynasty, the levirate marriage was gradually ascended to state law from national habits; its position was so important that it was considered as the customs of the country, later it gradually moved towards collapse. The variation of laws as well as regulations for the levirate marriage reflect the process of which the two cultures of the Mongolian people and Han people blended continuously. Starting from the research on the policy of the levirate marriage for the Han Chinese, this article explores for the jurisdiction and control of rulers in Yuan Dynasty for the Han Chinese to disclose the ideological features of laws in Yuan Dynasty, which explore for the conflict and coordination of law culture in grassland of the law culture in central plains.

use of Putonghua subject as a vehicle for a pan-Chinese identity

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Scott Clark
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Han Chinese ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Primary Reason ◽  
Chinese Identity ◽  
Legislative Council ◽  
Chinese Ethnicity

In April 2015, a meeting of a Hong Kong Legislative Council Panel discussed the potential for using Putonghua, as opposed to Cantonese, to teach the ‘Chinese Language Subject’ within the Hong Kong curriculum. Their primary reason for making this suggestion was based on the idea that Putonghua and the Han Chinese ethnicity are somehow inherently linked – if you are Han Chinese, you should be able to speak Putonghua. This paper discusses the validity of this assertion and examines language-in-education policy related to Putonghua in Hong Kong from the late-colonial period and the contemporary period to establish whether Putonghua is used by the Hong Kong Legislative Council to encourage Hong Kong pupils to identify with a pan-Chinese ethnicity and by dint, a pan-Chinese language, Putonghua.

scholarly journals Ancient DNAs and the Neolithic Chinese super-grandfather Y haplotypes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyun Lei ◽  
Hongyao Chen ◽  
Jiawei Li ◽  
Hui Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Y Chromosome ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Han Chinese ◽  
Before Present ◽  
Central Plains ◽  
Genetic Groups ◽  
Genome Wide

Abstract Background Previous studies identified 3 Neolithic Han Chinese super-grandfather Y haplotypes, O2a2b1a1a-F5, O2a2b1a2a1-F46, and O2a1b1a1a1a-F11, but their relationships with the archaeological and written records remain unexplored. Results We here report genome wide DNA data for 11 ancient samples (0.02x-1.28x) from China ranging from 6500 to 2500 years before present (YBP), which also includes ~11 Mb Y NRY data for one sample. The 11 ancient samples belonged to 4 different genetic groups, designated as Dashanqian (DSQ) of Xiajiadian Culture in the Northeast, Duzhong (DZ) of late Yangshao Culture in the Central Plains, Zhengzhou Xishan (ZX) of Miaodigou Culture in the Central Plains, and Others. Present day F5 samples were closer in autosomal distances to the ZX and DSQ groups while O1, O2, and C samples were closer to the DZ group. We also sequenced the Y chromosome of one of these ancient samples K12 from DSQ and found both K12 and a previously reported ~4000 year old sample MG48 from Northwest China to have the O2a2b1a1a1a2a-F2137 haplotype, belonging to the most prolific branch O2a2b1a1a1-F438 immediately under F5. We further found close relationships between ZX and DSQ and between ZX and ancient M117 Tibetans or present day Southwest Dai Chinese carrying the F5 subtype O2a2b1a1a6. Conclusions The results imply radiations of F5 subtypes from the putative place of F5 origin in Henan. These results are remarkably consistent with archaeological and written records.

Uyghur Cross-Border Movement into South East Asia

2018 ◽  
pp. 173-186
Author(s):  
Stefanie Kam Li Yee
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Han Chinese ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Xi Jinping ◽  
Chinese Identity ◽  
Social Resistance ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Cross Border Movement

This chapter provides an analysis of the factors that have driven recent trans-migration of Uyghurs through Southeast Asia and explores potential linkages to terrorism. It argues that the trans-migration of Uyghurs via Southeast Asia cannot be isolated from the larger social resistance of Uyghurs in Xinjiang against Han Chinese rule. China’s harder line in Xinjiang under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, in particular, have left many Uyghurs with choices that are either to migrate, to abandon their culture and religious identity in favor of a homogenous Chinese identity, or to give expression to their identity either through violent or non-violent resistance. This situation has provided not only the impetus for thousands of Uyghurs to migrate but also the opportunity for the intersection of Uyghur aspirations with the global forces of Islamist radicalism.

‘Reading’ the Cinema of Zhang Yimou: Between the Chinese and the Global

Ícone ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armida De la Garza
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Cultural Imperialism ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Field ◽  
Chinese Identity ◽  
Work In Progress ◽  
Film Viewing ◽  
Point Of Departure

How are national identities transformed? If they are mostly narratives of belonging to a community of history and destiny to which people subscribe, those boundarymaking procedures that constitute the political field by instituting difference can provide a tentative answer to this question. This paper is concerned with one such cultural practice, namely film viewing. Globalisation, a boundary-blurring practice, has been the backdrop against which transformations in national identity are often discussed, either bemoaned as cultural imperialism or celebrated as ongoing hybridisation. This piece of research took Zhang Yimou’s controversial film “Hero” as a point of departure, and asked groups of Chinese audiences how they understood the Chinese identity it conveys. Although it is still a work in progress, provisional results are reported below.

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