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LOL this is one of the most misunderstandings of the Viets people when it comes to China.
Many of my countrymen mistakenly think that China is a country like Vietnam. e.i. China is where the majority of the Hans live, other ethnics are non-Chinese. equation: Chinese=ethnic Han´s. That is wrong.
I thought similar before I came to this forum. So was I tought in history at school when I was young. Only the ethnic Kinhs are seen as Viets, other ethnics are non-Viets. equation: Viets=ethnic Kinh´s.
You are right. In reality China adopts different concept of nationalism than Vietnam. Whoever regardless of origin ethnic races accepts and lives with sinic cultures and custom, they become Chinese. So the Mongols, Manchus, Tibetians, etc...And the Viets? we are sinicized, but don´t want to become Chinese. I think that attitude angers you a bit, isn´t it?
Being sinicized is not the only way makes you become Chinese, in fact, you don't really need to be sinicized to be a Chinese. Han culture is indeed the most influential culture in China, but Han culture is never the only Chinese culture. We call ourselves "Middleland" and "Far South" but not something like "Hans Republic" and "People's Republic of Kinh" for some reason. We are not like Russia, they have "Russian Russian", but we never heard such thing like "Chinese Chinese" nor "Vietnamese Vietnamese", but Mongolian Chinese and Kinh Vietnamese.
You see, Han people were various ethnics thousands years ago before they became one. After they have united and conquered most of the best territory in East Asia, they lost their cruel, fierce and became weak in military. Same story went to Mongolian and Manchurian. After they have conquered the middle land and expanded the border line, they were soon corrupted and lost most of their will of fighting they used to have. Herr.Destiny has brought Han, Manchurian, Mongolian and other Chinese ethnics together.
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