The single #1 misconception I keep seeing, and the one that underlies most others, is that China is monolithic.
It isn't.
Even within the (overwhelming) Han majority of China there are huge differences from one group to another. Evidence: language is the carrier of culture. There are ten mutually-unintelligible major dialect GROUPS in China alone. That's a minimum of ten cultures sufficiently differentiated that they need what amounts to different languages.
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2024-06-21 04:13:03
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