The People's Republic of China officially recognizes fifty-six ethnic groups in it's territory. This number ignores completely overlooked groups and claimed groups counted as something else. Also, the Republic of China claims that there are over a dozen ethnic minorities on Taiwan but the Communist government in Beijing counts them all as Gaosahn.
The website ChinaGate (for an non-Chinese website one can view ChinaHush) has "family portraits" of all the fifty-six recognized ethnic groups. The photos show extended families wearing traditional clothing.
The traditional clothing gives the feel of a propaganda piece. What would be really interesting to see is a picture of a real community of each ethnic group. Until then these family portraits are still neat to look at.
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I think Putin spit out his morning coffee when he got to the "Ethnic Russian" portrait ;-)
A sizable chunk of the Shanghai Cooperative Organization probably got a surprise . . .
One of my students found this, The Nine Nations of China. It's a nice framework for teaching students about the physical and cultural diversity of China.
http://www.theatlantic.com/slideshows/china-nations/
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